Knife sheath's pin

michalpotok

michalpotok

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Guys,

What is such pin for?

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I believe the pin slips into a slot in a... a... sheath sheath.
Like a Yaqui slide holster that accepts the entire sheath. This makes it easy to disarm without leaving a bare blade laying about.
Also, you could slip the entire sheath between your belt and wasitband, and the stud keeps it from dropping through. Not sure if belt tension is enough to retain the sheath while drawing or not.

The other thing you commonly see is a retention strap with slots that uses that pin to hold the ends together.

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...nstalling-a-sheath-frog?p=9162918#post9162918

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/567475-Matt-Roberts-and-Paul-Long
 
Dual purpose : a frog is mounted there. A frog is basically the rest of the SHEATH that is missing there and just the pin alone keeps whole package from sliding down further when slid behind a belt
 
If anything I think the stud is there to go through a hole already IN the belt wherever the wearer wanted to carry it. That stud through a thick belt would be a pretty ingenious OWB carry. And very secure. Hard to tell the depth or cut of that stud from the pic. If that area of the sheath was covered by a belt it would also explain the tooling thing I mention below.

Also, are you sure that wasn't a flap-over sheath originally?

Another possibility, just a hunch...but I see no backer or belt loop behind the handle. It looks as though that pin, while it could serve all the functions already mentioned, may be for securement of a covering flap of some kind. Also, the tooling looks as though it ends 2/3'rds up as though a flap would lay over it there...with maybe a continuation of the tooling pattern on the flap. Seems like it would be tooled in some manner all the way to the top if it were the full sheath (unless studded inside a belt as I mentioned). Or maybe it's just the picture......either way it's a very nice piece.

If you see no signs or vestiges of a former flap assembly or that something was removed from the sheath, I'm sure jfk is right about it being frogged. It sure looks tooled as a flap-over to me though....

EDIT: Now I'm thinking, with that stud engaged in a hole in a belt, OWB, what a perfect swivel that might make for crossdraw carry.
 
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EChoil said:
Also, are you sure that wasn't a flap-over sheath originally?
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I doubt Paul Long sheaths are regularly modified by the end-user...
It's probably exactly as it was intended, but possibly missing the frog in the picture.
 
EChoil said:
EDIT: Now I'm thinking, with that stud engaged in a hole in a belt, OWB, what a perfect swivel that might make for crossdraw carry.
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This is what I was talking about but was in a hurry and didn't explain it. Thanks ECoil! :thumbup::thumbup:

Otherwise just a simple stud to keep it in place...
 
daizee said:
I doubt Paul Long sheaths are regularly modified by the end-user...
It's probably exactly as it was intended, but possibly missing the frog in the picture.
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Yeah...was just a second thought. I'm thinking it goes in a belt hole and I think It's pretty cool.
 
SAK Guy said:
This is what I was talking about but was in a hurry and didn't explain it. Thanks ECoil! :thumbup::thumbup:

Otherwise just a simple stud to keep it in place...
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Someone should start making those again. I'd try one. Not sure I've ever noticed one like that before.
 
SAK Guy said:
To hook/secure it under your belt.
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I believe that's the main purpose. You just slip the sheath under your belt, and the stud keeps it from falling through. You could also use it to secure a frog, as mentioned above, if you wanted to.

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The frog on the knife above uses a Sam Browne stud, which is quite a bit smaller, but there's no reason you couldn't make one sized for a belt stud like on the sheath in the op.
 
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