First Sheath for First Knife

[C_Kyle]

Here's my first sheath for the first knife I made. Along with the fire steel I made for the knife.

I still need to make the belt loop, which is simple.

 

[banana-clip]

Thats a really nice looking sheath!!!

Real good for your first sheath.

 

[bladz]

Very good job! Beats the heck out of anything visually that I've made.

 

[Rockywolf]

Great looking stuff!

 

[wolfenhawk]

Very nice. Looks way better than my first sheath.:thumbup:

 

[bobbywett]

Nice job on that one!:thumbup:

 

[mtnfolk mike]

very nice.. looks great... especially for a first..:thumbup:

 

[dipbait]

looks like you did a good job. Does it hold the knife tight?

 

[mcjhrobinson]

nice job man! i like that firesteel handle!

 

[C_Kyle]

Thanks everyone. I'm proud of the sheath and the knife. The sheath is pretty tight. I can hold it upside down and shake and the knife stays in. It was tighter before I slid the "carrier" around the sheath. My guess is that "carrier" is compressing the sheath front to back just a hair and reducing the pressure applied to the sides of the blade and the handle. It's still tight enough, though.

I think the 8/9oz leather is just a hair too thick for this size knife. 7/8oz would have wet formed better and be plenty tough enough.

The next sheath I do will be left-hand or right-hand specific, with the belt loop folded over and stitched to the back. I have discovered that the stitch groover is a damed right-handed tool. It's a little tough using it left-handed. I need to get a free-hand stitch groover.

 

[TheGame]

You sure that is the first sheath you made?

Looks great, :thumbup:

 

[DOC-CANADA]

Excellent work! Much better than my first sheath, which I've yet to make.

Doc

 

[sawgrass7]

That is some really nice work, amigo. You should be rightly very proud of that! Beautiful

 

[mneedham]

That looks great:thumbup:

 

[fujita yuji]

Beautifully made.

Sorry that I should have missed the chance to see, I wish I could see the blade, too.

Thanks for sharing.

 

[C_Kyle]

Here's the blade:

Look around in the Maker's Gallery or a few pages back in W&SS and there's a post about the knife.

Thanks for the great comments everyone!

 

[attej]

Nice work! :thumbup:

It was tighter before I slid the "carrier" around the sheath. My guess is that "carrier" is compressing the sheath front to back just a hair and reducing the pressure applied to the sides of the blade and the handle. It's still tight enough, though.

Btw, how is the carrier attached to the sheath? I really like the way it looks, and thought about doing something similar to some future project.

 

[EmsRescueGuy]

Really Nice work on the sheath and knife!!!

 

[fujita yuji]

Really Nice work on the sheath and knife!!!

Well said.
Can't wait seeing them in the field.

 

[C_Kyle]

Nice work! :thumbup:



Btw, how is the carrier attached to the sheath? I really like the way it looks, and thought about doing something similar to some future project.

The carrier is not stitched to the sheath. Why, I don't know. It's on there pretty tight, though. I'll probably not make a loose carrier again, though.