Green River Buffalo skinner sheath

[willis]

Does anyone know where to find a pattern for one of these.I like pouch sheaths but would the extreme curve of the blade cause problems.Any help would be much appreciated.

 

[Crookedknife]

Hi Willis
My first post here.
I think alot of the old timers didn't wear a skinning knife . the belt knife was a more utilty or fighting style. These skinners and butchers would be carried in the grub box . I'm thinking some thin pig skin wrapped candy cane style to protect the knife edge and other items from the knife edge.
Does this help?

 

[willis]

Thanks for the reply Crookedknife.The thing is going to be given to a good friend and I am experimenting with a big pouch type sheath.

 

[harronek]

When I was a kid everyone had a skinning knife , and they were carried in a sheath similar to the photo .
It is not one of my sheaths , I just found it on the net , but the shape and design are very close to what we used . I still have one of those steels ( we called them a rabbiters steel ) and use it to touch up my leather making knife .
In those days the sheaths were bought cheap from the local supply shop at the same time as the knife , they were not as well finished as the one in the photo .

Ken

 

[Crookedknife]

Great looking sheath Harronek!

Would definitly fit the functional requirement for this style of blade and the steel pouch is a very functional extra.
I might try making one of these in veg tan leather for a skinner I have.