Buffalo horn sheath?

Buffalo horn is easy to work with, but the solid part of the horn usually only extends a few (5"-8" aprox) inches from the tip, depending upon the horn. There may not be enough for your sheath if you try to make it in a similar fashion to the wooden one in your post. I like buffalo horn for handles, but as yet never found one that was long enough for this sort of construction unless the overall length of the knife was quite small.


Stitchawl
 
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The horn looks solid to me. Anyway, they also have big blocks of G-10, would that be a decent material for a sheath? To elaborate, the knife I'm making has a 5-inch leuku blade, but it'll be a desk knife.
 
That does 'look' solid! It may be from a rather young buf. How long is it? I don't think it's an entire horn of a full grown buffalo. The ones I buy are about 20"- 30" long, with the solid tip end only being about 1/3 of that.


Stitchawl
 
I hope it works for you. Here is a pic I just snapped, with a Benchmade in it for size comparison. I marked a red line where the solid part of each horn ends. The rest is all hollow.

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Stitchawl
 
I just had a thought... You could always join together several pieces of buffalo horn to make on longer one. I don't think there is any real reason that the horn must be one piece. After all, you will cut it at the handle/blade area anyway. I cut it regularly just to add white spacer material as decoration. With careful gluing with clear epoxy you can join horn very easily.


Stitchawl
 
I'm trying to make a simple and sleek knife that would look like a single piece of horn with a bit of brass when sheathed. Thanks for the suggestion though.
 
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