Hey, I'm about to order a custom Buck 110, and I'm trying to decide which sheath to get. I understand it is all personal preference and blah blah blah... but I heard that the tan distressed leather sheaths are really oily or something. Is this true? If so, is it really all that bad? So in your opinion, Black or Tan?
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Custom Buck 110-Black or Tan sheath?
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For me it is what color sheath will go good with the knife. I plan on getting a brown sheath with a future custom order 110 with elk handle slabs. I also think the brown sheath would go nice with the koa wood, and some of the other brownish woods Buck offers.
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In every old Buck I've ever had, and come to think of it, every brass bolstered knife the main issue is verdigris. That green stuff that always seems to form around the snaps and bolsters. Especially in damp weather, once it starts it never fully goes away.
Oil tanned leather also seems to exacerbate the issue.
I've tried all kinds of brass treatments, coatings, and maintenance but they all have failed. The best advice I can give is to go with the color you like best and always remove the knife at the end of the day and wipe it down real good, and look for green deposits around the snap. Then set them apart till the next carry day.
Horror story of mine, I had an older brass handled balisong that I had forgotten about in its sheath. This knife had layered brass handles. When I remembered it and went to check it I had a green mass with a little brass color peeking through and the layers were bulging from the formations inside them. I still have not gotten it all out. Brass and leather do not get along with each other. Especially down here in the humid zone.
Oil tanned leather also seems to exacerbate the issue.
I've tried all kinds of brass treatments, coatings, and maintenance but they all have failed. The best advice I can give is to go with the color you like best and always remove the knife at the end of the day and wipe it down real good, and look for green deposits around the snap. Then set them apart till the next carry day.
Horror story of mine, I had an older brass handled balisong that I had forgotten about in its sheath. This knife had layered brass handles. When I remembered it and went to check it I had a green mass with a little brass color peeking through and the layers were bulging from the formations inside them. I still have not gotten it all out. Brass and leather do not get along with each other. Especially down here in the humid zone.
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In my opinion the brown distressed leather sheaths go best with the custom knives and the Black leather sheaths with the regular production ones. I have never had a problem with the brown distressed leather sheaths feeling oily or anything. I also think that if it is a knife you plan on putting on your belt and taking hunting, camping, hiking, and actually using like most people use a knife the black sheaths hold up and clean up better but if the knife is for display or doesn't have much chance of getting used or dirty very much the distressed brown sheath would be fine since they do not clean up as easily.
