foxyrick
British Pork
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I've been asked about sheaths for the HR and ASH-1, so thought I would post some more pictures of my new HR. Any excuse 
My original HR fit very well in a Scrap Yard 6" sheath I picked up on the exchange a while ago. The new ones fit even better, due to the magnum grips. These sheaths are nicely made (as one would expect) and really excellent value for money! I wish I could import a few without the (very) high international shipping charge and subsequent import duties and tax. That takes the edge of the bargain. Anyway...
The SY sheath is billed as 6", but takes the 6 7/8" blade of the HR perfectly. Being a Busse family sheath, the liner (of some sort of transparent plastic) is good bit bigger than the Spec-Ops liners and has plenty of width and depth to accomodate the HR, with room to spare.
The internal cross section of the liner is 1/4" x near-enough-2", externally it's about 7/16" x a-little-over-2". The liner is a folded-over sheet, with the overlapping parts glued. I imagine it would be quite easy to fabricate a different-sized liner if required, to accomodate, say, an ASH-1. I don't know if this liner could be softened like kydex; I haven't had call to try it and don't want to wreck it when it fits my HR so well already.
The only glitch with these sheaths is the handle retention. The strap, which is stitched onto the sheath and is fastened by velcro, is in the wrong place for these knives. It fastens around the swell in the middle of the handle - the widest part. With my original (standard grips) HR, that means it doesn't really hold it well unless I put undue effort in to fasten it tightly.
If I move about too actively, the knife can jump up and down in the sheath. Not really a problem - I don't make a habit of running (it's against my principles) and even if inverted, the knife can't fall out because the guard stops it going through. But still an issue that might be of concern for some folks.
The Magnums on my Ganza HR's, while even thicker at the handle swell, are gripped better and more easily by the strap. These are definately held more securely and, while they could still move in the sheath, it would take a lot of jumping up and down to do so. And that is well against my principles!
Finally, what we've all been waiting for, the pictures...
Rick - British Pork!
My original HR fit very well in a Scrap Yard 6" sheath I picked up on the exchange a while ago. The new ones fit even better, due to the magnum grips. These sheaths are nicely made (as one would expect) and really excellent value for money! I wish I could import a few without the (very) high international shipping charge and subsequent import duties and tax. That takes the edge of the bargain. Anyway...
The SY sheath is billed as 6", but takes the 6 7/8" blade of the HR perfectly. Being a Busse family sheath, the liner (of some sort of transparent plastic) is good bit bigger than the Spec-Ops liners and has plenty of width and depth to accomodate the HR, with room to spare.
The internal cross section of the liner is 1/4" x near-enough-2", externally it's about 7/16" x a-little-over-2". The liner is a folded-over sheet, with the overlapping parts glued. I imagine it would be quite easy to fabricate a different-sized liner if required, to accomodate, say, an ASH-1. I don't know if this liner could be softened like kydex; I haven't had call to try it and don't want to wreck it when it fits my HR so well already.
The only glitch with these sheaths is the handle retention. The strap, which is stitched onto the sheath and is fastened by velcro, is in the wrong place for these knives. It fastens around the swell in the middle of the handle - the widest part. With my original (standard grips) HR, that means it doesn't really hold it well unless I put undue effort in to fasten it tightly.
If I move about too actively, the knife can jump up and down in the sheath. Not really a problem - I don't make a habit of running (it's against my principles) and even if inverted, the knife can't fall out because the guard stops it going through. But still an issue that might be of concern for some folks.
The Magnums on my Ganza HR's, while even thicker at the handle swell, are gripped better and more easily by the strap. These are definately held more securely and, while they could still move in the sheath, it would take a lot of jumping up and down to do so. And that is well against my principles!
Finally, what we've all been waiting for, the pictures...
Rick - British Pork!
Also included the spec-ops sheath for comparison.
