Chupacabra sheath dilemma- please advise (pics)

[BMK]

What do you do when your saddle/sheath maker's art form eclipses the knife it holds? Maybe some knife "bling" is in order. Any suggestions?

Bush Monkey Knives, Director of Design and entertainment procurement (below) is open to any suggestions you might have.

 

[on_the_edge]

I am not a maker, but from my point of view as a prospective buyer and user, I would not do anything to the knife. You made the knife and I presume there is a reason for just about everything that went into it (materials, design, color, texture, etc.) as well as a reason why you did not include certain things (lanyard, mosaic pins, natural material handle, etc.). Having a sheath eclipse the knife as you say may not be ideal, but it is better than doing something to the knife that isn't representative of the knives you make just to try and make it live up to the sheath. Just my .02.

 

[chainring]

Maybe reserve the full basketweave/floral tooling for one with Ironwood or Koa, and go plain black or untooled leather (or stick with kydex) for the G10 and darker micarta handles? I wouldn't change a thing on the knife. I like it.

If this particular package needed fluffing, maybe a leather fob to tie the knife and sheath together a bit?

 

[BMK]

You guys have better ideas than "Magic" above. I am gonna let him go so he can revert back to his previous "profession".

Thanks for looking and giving me some input. My knives are pretty easy to second stage in the bling and fluff department. The sheath is actually quite conservative. I offer the Chupacabra in standard kydex or plain leather sheath. The customer specified basketweave and that is what he got.

I prefer the plain sheath below unless, as mentioned by Matt, it is pimped out with a wood handle and corby bolts (below).

Jeff

 

[David Sharp]

I don't think the sheath upstaged the knife. I believe it would look more like a "package" by dying the leather black.

 

[C Bryant]

To be honest I think the plain sheath looks best. Hard to beat the look of plain leather once it wears and little and ages a bit.