How do you guys attach these clips to leather sheaths??

[Phillip Patton]

Please help!

 

[fitzo]

Phillip, I don't know if a pic is worth a thousand words in this case or not, but it'll get the idea across. This is pretty tacky example. The few of these we made, we did a double back with the clip to be inserted in between. The clip is held in place by the protrusion into the notch. We added a few drops of glue on the inside, too.

Hope this helps.

http://auctions.yahoo.com/i:Leather multi purpose sheath with belt clip:99933930

 

[fitzo]

BTW, for the slot where the clip comes out on the top, punch a small hole at either end and then slit the line between the dots. 0-----0 The punched holes reduce the tendency to tear.

 

[Phillip Patton]

Now that picture is worth maybe 10 words. :barf:
I didn't know they made cameras that would take pictures that fuzzy.
Thanks, Mike, I think I understand a little better now, but some details are still a little unclear. (Kind of like that picture. I hope you weren't the photographer. )

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

Looks like a clip from a wooden sheath kit for a Mountain Man Skinner. The clip is mounted on the inside back of the wood sheath. To use it on a leather sheath you do this:
Cut a rectangle of 4-5oz. leather the length of the clip plus 1".The width should be the width of the clip plus 3/4".1/2" from one end make a slit that the clip can slide through.Slide the leather on the clip,the clip part should be on the grain side and the part that will be hidden is on the flesh side.. Mark the hole and where the bump is. Cut a slot out that the bump will fit into. Punch a hole to match the clip hole and rivet the clip to the leather piece with a copper or brass rivet.Glue the assembly on the sheath back where you want it to be. Punch holes with an awl and stitch around the clip.Assemble the rest of the sheath as normal.If this isn't clear enough, let me know and I'll made one up for you to see.
Stacy

 

[fitzo]

Now that picture is worth maybe 10 words. :barf:
I didn't know they made cameras that would take pictures that fuzzy.
Thanks, Mike, I think I understand a little better now, but some details are still a little unclear. (Kind of like that picture. I hope you weren't the photographer. )

Sorry, Phillip, I did a Google and that was the best I came up with. To be fair, the foto is about in keeping to the quality of the sheath. Crapsmanship at its finest!

Notice, it says "wheeler". Hmmm.

If need be, i have a couple production dagger sheaths with pretty good clip installation. I can foto them for you if you desire. Try and get 'em clearer, even.

 

[Phillip Patton]

Looks like a clip from a wooden sheath kit for a Mountain Man Skinner. The clip is mounted on the inside back of the wood sheath. To use it on a leather sheath you do this:
Cut a rectangle of 4-5oz. leather the length of the clip plus 1".The width should be the width of the clip plus 3/4".1/2" from one end make a slit that the clip can slide through.Slide the leather on the clip,the clip part should be on the grain side and the part that will be hidden is on the flesh side.. Mark the hole and where the bump is. Cut a slot out that the bump will fit into. Punch a hole to match the clip hole and rivet the clip to the leather piece with a copper or brass rivet.Glue the assembly on the sheath back where you want it to be. Punch holes with an awl and stitch around the clip.Assemble the rest of the sheath as normal.If this isn't clear enough, let me know and I'll made one up for you to see.
Stacy

That was pretty clear Stacy, thanks. I'll give that a try. :thumbup:

Notice, it says "wheeler". Hmmm.

If need be, i have a couple production dagger sheaths with pretty good clip installation. I can foto them for you if you desire. Try and get 'em clearer, even.

Hmm. How many Wheelers do you know?

Thanks for the offer, but I think Stacy's description is good enough.

 

[Bailey Knives]

I have attached them with a seperate piece of leather before and it appears to work well. Here is an example

 

[raylaconico]

I use those clips all the time. A lot of people like them. The back of the sheath where the clip will be is made of two pieces of leather. One in front of the clip to hold it in place and one behind it. the one in front of the clip needs to have slots cut out so that the notch of the clip will catch on and for the clip part to be on the outside of the sheath. Did I make sense? Anyway, these are the only pictures I have. I wish I had a side view for you to see. I hope this helps.

 

[David Wesner]

Here is a pic of what Stacy was explaining about the rectangle of leather. If you look closely at the btm. of the clip you'll see the btm. slot that the "hump" of the clip comes thru. edit to add I type way to slow . When I started my post there was only fitzos pic up & if you don't get it now, well, we can't help ya.

 

[Phillip Patton]

Ok, thanks a lot guys, all my questions are answered now. Well, about this, anyway.

 

[fitzo]

Cool, Phillip. You may now look at my found example as a comedic interlude.

 

[tmickley]

http://www.mickleyknives.com/html/tutorials.html

a tutorial on just what you need...

 

[oldwolf]

Great thread on installing one of those clips. Gives me a chance to thank Tmickley for the tutorial I used a couple months ago. I had no idea how to install it correctly. A client wanted one and that tutorial saved my bacon.

 

[Phillip Patton]

Cool, Phillip. You may now look at my found example as a comedic interlude.

It's the thought that counts.

 

[Matt Shade]

They also work for kydex. Same principle, only I like to ream out the hole in the tab and put a rivet through it since you can't really stitch all the way around like you would with leather.

This particular sheath is a little bit bulky. I've been able to slim them down a little bit since then.

 

[Bufford]

Good information here, I will incorporate clips using the sewn in procedure. I used to drill a second hole into the clip and rivet the clip to the back of the leather using a jig so that I could set the rivets with a hammer by striking the back of the clip carefully so as not to dent it. It was a tedious method of trying to blindly line up the rivet and place the backside of the jig so that it snugged up against the inside of the clip so that the energy from the hammer striking the clip would evenly strike against the jig and thus set the rivet without denting the clip.

Using clips in conjunction with a belt loop helps keep the knife from wandering around on the belt. This is a problem with high riding knives. The belt goes through the belt loop, and the clip clips directly to the pants.