KLVUK scabbard - work in progress

philllll

philllll

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I have been working on a wood scabbard for my KLVUK. I used a board from the discount bin at the lumber store, which I think is poplar. I routed out a channel for the knife, and then glued the two halves together, trimmed the fat side down, and shaped on a belt & disc sander. I regret not taking any photos of the process, but here are a few of it semi-finished. Next step is to tack on a couple of leather carry straps.

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I figured out where to mark the blade channel and some other hints from watching this video of some kamis in nepal: http://youtu.be/qol5Ey3sImQ?t=9m41s
 
Wow that's pretty. Nice looking piece of wood. I used an old piece of mahogany I had laying around. It works but not near as pretty as yours.
 
Dang dude, thats a fine job there. That wood looks great, nice grain to it. We have some serious skills here at HI. Great job man, very inspiring.
 
Very cool Phil! I had a chance to speak with one of the local FABA smiths up in Madison, GA this past summer. I remember him telling me to go to Lumber Liquidators and inquire about there solid scrap flooring... He said you can get a ton of exotics for pennies on the dollar...looking at the pic, I bet a few boards would dimensionally perfect for this application... Either that or we can hit up Sarasota Architectural Salvage, they always have weird lumber in the back...

I've been eye-balling these H.I's with great interest since Saturday... Such beastly beauties.... :)
 
Never thought of looking for wood flooring scraps. Sounds like a great idea, lots of interesting woods to be had.

If you need more convincing come check out my collection. Your wallet and/or wife will probably be upset with you, though.

Thanks to everyone for the kind words.
 
Ipe wood deck scraps are one of the nicest handle sources I've found so far.
Nice job, Phillll-ain't routers grand? When I started making wood cored scabbards I did them with knives and chisels-poplar is harder than you'd expect.
You gonna cover it with thin leather?
 
Funny you say that, JW. I started with knives and chisels on this one for maybe 10 minutes. Barely made a dent so I switched over to the router.

I have heard of ipe wood before and would like to get my hands on some. I can probably find it around here if I try.

No plans to cover it with leather, just attaching a couple straps for carry.
 
Dang homie! I didnt know ya had it in ya? That looks great! Cant wait to see the done deal! Im trying to make one for a 21" Siru but got too many projects so aint getting too far. Im just gonna kick back and watch what your doing now:D
 
When I first started making grips I used a lot of Ironwood. IPE. Tough stuff. What got me is if you got a sliver in ya it hurt instantly very badly. Strong, slightly prone to cracking if you get too thin and some of it's real pretty too.
My first experience ever with the stuff was putting up a fence for a lady. She had a pile of wood. It didn't want to cut and couldn't drive a nail in the stuff, I was like what is this stuff.

A whole fence out of ironwood.
 
That looks great Philll.

Hmmm... flooring places for left over wood ... that is brilliant. I never thought of that one.
 
Inspiring :-)
I wonder if it could be a bit less wide?
Got a few routers and an old bamboo cutting board hmm. Now I just need more time.
 
If you trace out the knife, then make sure the whole recess for the blade is wide enough for the belly you can trim the sheath to about 1/4" oversize after routing, especially if you're going to cover it with leather.
I like the router scabbards because there's wood between the edge and the leather-makes the "hold the sheath only by the back when drawing" business less necessary.
 
Philllll that is Awesome!!! forget about cutting it down to make it smaller. If you used plain mineral oil to seal it, you could use it as a cutting board as well as a sheath. Looks great.
 
Great work, thank you for sharing
 
Philllll:

Beautiful job.

If you wanted a similar scabbard that was thinner (for easier carry) you could use just the routed out side. Leave the other side open with a couple of thin cross pieces to hold the blade in. I saw that design somewhere. Added advantages are that the blade is visible even when it is in the scabbard, and there's no place for moisture to accumulate.

I've been meaning to do one of those myself, but never seem to get around to it.
 
davidf99 said:
Philllll:

Beautiful job.

If you wanted a similar scabbard that was thinner (for easier carry) you could use just the routed out side. Leave the other side open with a couple of thin cross pieces to hold the blade in. I saw that design somewhere. Added advantages are that the blade is visible even when it is in the scabbard, and there's no place for moisture to accumulate.

I've been meaning to do one of those myself, but never seem to get around to it.
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I did a smaller knife like that with magnet wire. This was prep for a bigger KLVUK sheath I want to do.

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This is just a little sticker picker.
 
ANother fun sheath. Ndog, did you say that wire across it is magnetic to hold the blade in place? Very cool, sort of look. Nice.
 
Nah. Its just copper wire they use to wind motors with. It has a really tough insulation coating so it dont short out on itself or the motor but is wont corrode or scratch the blade so I thought it might be a good choice. There are some primative sheaths that used staples which is what gave me the idea. Pretty cool if you want to see the blade while sheathed. I do like the magnet idea on wooden sheath though. I may do that on my next big one but for know i like what phillllls doin so im gonna watch his evolve;)
Shavru said:
ANother fun sheath. Ndog, did you say that wire across it is magnetic to hold the blade in place? Very cool, sort of look. Nice.
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