Kumo Sheath

[Ken C.]

I was commisioned by Shaldag to make a sheath for his Kumo. I used 7-8 oz veg. tan leather with a dark brown dye job. I added some embellishment by stippling the inner edge with a dremel. The sheath can be worn in 4 vertical positions...left side edge forward or back and right side edge forward or back. I completed the whole sheath in about 6 hours. I'm working on his Nealy Aikuchi later on tonite and tomorrow.

 

[shaldag]

With all due respect to Bud Nealy and Spyderco/ R.J. Martin--

I really don't like kydex!!

here is a nice and affordable option--and fast isn't the word for it.

Ken--more will be on the way!

Thanks,
shaldag

 

[pjsjr]

I used 7-8 oz veg. tan leather with a dark brown dye job. I added some embellishment by stippling the inner edge with a dremel. The sheath can be worn in 4 vertical positions...left side edge forward or back and right side edge forward or back.

That, K.V. Collucci, is a very nice, good looking and versatile sheath:thumbup:.

May I steal the design from you?

I've been dabbling with leather and made one for a Caffrey EBK I recently accquired, because I was not happy with the Kydex sheath that it came with...I love leather . I would like the option of right or left carry. TIA Preston

 

[Ken C.]

That, K.V. Collucci, is a very nice, good looking and versatile sheath:thumbup:.

May I steal the design from you?

I've been dabbling with leather and made one for a Caffrey EBK I recently accquired, because I was not happy with the Kydex sheath that it came with...I love leather . I would like the option of right or left carry. TIA Preston

Preston,

Thanks for the thumbs up. Most of my designs are thought of while I'm in the moment. I try to follow the visual lines of the knife and work from there. Feel free to copy the design and if you could add anything to it please share!

 

[Danbo]

Nice work, Ken. :thumbup:

 

[pjsjr]

Thanks, so much, K.C. Collucci. I do have a few ideas and will try them out and post here.

One, I'll mention now because I use it on the leather sheath that I made for the EBK. If you know the knife you know that it does not really have a guard or pommel. I was worried about the knife coming loose and finding a new home when the leather aged and stretched. I put a small nut and bolt assembly near the "choil" so that I could tighten it up if and when the leather became loose.

It works and I'm thinking that it might work for horizontal carry, because it can be made real tight. I got the idea from a holster that I have that can be adjusted for ease of extracting the pistol. Preston

 

[jujigatame]

Nice sheath for a nice blade.

 

[Burchtree]

Good to see you back into the leather -- very nice piece. :thumbup:

 

[Bladewolf]

Nice Ken,

I love multi-carry options on my sheaths. I'll have two or three knives for you to look at when you have the time. Also interested in a set of vambraces with sheath for one of the knives. I had a set made for the missus you could use to reverse engineer a set for me if your interested.

Keith

 

[Stumpy]

Very nice work K.V. There is nothing like nice leather for a knife.

 

[Ebbtide]

Nice work Ken :thumbup:
Keep 'em coming!

 

[lagarto]

K.V. that looks really nice. I agree with shaldaq, Kydex Maybe functional, but I don't like the way it looks.

Lagarto