Drop platform for fixed blade.

[BOOMSTICK]

A friend of mine wanted me to make a knife sheath leg drop so that his knife was visible for San Jose P.D. so I thought that sounds like a good project. about 2 hours of work this is what we came up with. I used already chrome tanned black leather.
this is it open. I used line 24 snaps for the closure.

this is it from the back.

this fits in the side pen pocket of the work pants he wears.

 

[mtnfolk mike]

very nice Boomer... that came out great..:thumbup:

 

[j williams]

very cool man.....

 

[BOOMSTICK]

thanks guys. it was a fun project. it fits most sheaths also.

 

[banana-clip]

Nice looking sheath and cool design.

 

[Calebklyne]

very cool is he on the police force?

 

[Joben]

very cool is he on the police force?

I took it that he meant the knife had to be low enough to be visible. IIRC Cali has open carry only for fixed blades.

 

[BOOMSTICK]

Yeah, the open carry laws for fixed blades is pretry bad in San Jose. If your shirt covers your fixed blade at all they can take it from you. After having a few knives taken we came up with this. My buddy uses his knife to cut packing bands most of the time. As fAr as it goes a EDC fixed blade is almost like asking to be stopped by the PD. They have a job to do too , I know. I'm not on meaning to talk bad about the PD.

 

[stingray4540]

Awesome! I though you made a whole sheath at first, I was like, "where's the rest of it?!"

I like how you executed it. Hard to argue that it's concealed now.

 

[BOOMSTICK]

I lime the split that goes around the belt loop, it keeps it from sliding around

 

[Calebklyne]

I took it that he meant the knife had to be low enough to be visible. IIRC Cali has open carry only for fixed blades.

ok thats what i kinda thought but ive never heard of that before

 

[RoyalM]

Nice work mate, well thought out and executed.

 

[x39]

Nice work, but a word of caution...a friend of mine made a similar rig some years back for an old Marbles knife. Upon getting in the passenger seat of a car he closed the door, unbeknownst to him the knife was hanging in the door sill. Snapped the blade clean in half.

 

[BOOMSTICK]

Nice work, but a word of caution...a friend of mine made a similar rig some years back for an old Marbles knife. Upon getting in the passenger seat of a car he closed the door, unbeknownst to him the knife was hanging in the door sill. Snapped the blade clean in half.

yeah I might need to let him know that. I think he usually rides his motor cycle.
thanks for all the kind words guys.