Homebrew Sheath?

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With the KLVUK's coming with no sheath, necessity is the mother of invention.
So, did you roll your own sheath? Lets see it, and how you made it.

List materials used.
Performance characteristics of the final product.
Any construction advice, or pitfalls you discovered during construction.

Here is my "Stuff from the Garage" Special.

Materials used:
(1) spiral notebook with cardboard back, and plastic cover.
Gorilla Glue
Duct tape: Structural overwrap
Metal duct tape: liner, throat and tip reinforcement.
Twine: Aesthetic overwrap.

Performance:
Laminated things are surprisingly strong, rigid and light.
Relatively thin and waterproof.
Cheap to make if you have the materials on hand already.
Life? Unknown... As long as the kuk isnt cutting the thing apart, i think it should last for more than a few seasons.

Construction advice.
Clamshell was the best way for me to get it fit together and closed, so i could wrap it with duct tape.
Used the little plastic guides on the edges to hold the sheath open, and be a channel for the blade edge to sit in.
Line the inside of the sheath with metal tape. It is slick, and oil proof.
Be sure to put the kuk back inside the sheath *before* you wrap it up with duct tape.

Enjoy!












 
Very nice. I like the twine, I've used butcher's twine to get a better grip on knife handles. It's a cheap and highly effective material for many applications.
 
Very cool:) I dabble in leatherwork. My sheathes are ugly but functional. I generally request khuks and knives that are missing their sheathes. It helps Yangdu get rid of stock that might be tougher to move, and it's good practice:)

I'm going to start down the Kydex path this month, I believe. Tandy Leather is starting to sell sheets of it, and I need to make a leather run this weekend...we'll see:)
 
Steely_Gunz said:
I'm going to start down the Kydex path this month, I believe. Tandy Leather is starting to sell sheets of it, and I need to make a leather run this weekend...we'll see:)
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I LOVE kydex. wish i had the room for the tooling. $200 bucks in tooling isn't that bad really as far as cost goes either.
So... let's see your leather stuff!
 
abdelhazred said:
Very nice. I like the twine, I've used butcher's twine to get a better grip on knife handles. It's a cheap and highly effective material for many applications.
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I considered wrapping the handle with twine, but my soft hands do better with the smooth wood I think. Paracord would be better even.
But if i was working all day with this knife cutting tobacco, or something like that... i might even wrap twine at the cho for a choke up grip stop...

Anyway it is 100+ feet of emergency cordage, at minimum.
 
really dig the sheath,my brother gave me some old leather motorcycle saddlebags,well a razor blade and lots of cut stitches later lots of leather scrap,been makin sheaths for my kukri and knives,been a blast.lots of trial and error,just finished a sheath for my custom bear grills parang by a good friend,weak area in handle has been welded up,made full tang, and a tiger maple wood handle added realy turned out cool, i like the twine gonna try that out.
 
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