Leather sheaths

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tongueriver

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Leather sheaths for traditional knives, both folding and fixed, can be interesting and often artistic in their own right. I can start it off with some simple ones, mass produced (sorta) but I am sure there will be some stunning hand-made ones to show up? From extremely practical to meretricious gaudy, let's see them.

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Makers name is on the the lighter colored slip . The darker colored one is one sold by Collector Knives . Different styles but they both do a good job . John Dal -Favero used to post here regularly but I have not seen him for a while .
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Harry
 
Protect both knife and person are the sheath's primary duties, looking pretty while doing it? always a plus ;)

This one I was quite fond of, I normally don't hand sew down both sides but it was requested and I liked how it turned out. It is meant as a soft leather pocket sheath for a folder. Hand stitched and embossed by me.

by GaryWGraley, on Flickr

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This one is a belt carry sheath, leather was wet formed to conform tightly to the knife so the knife snaps into place. The embossing was done by using a paracord bead, you don't always need to buy 'tools' to do your embossing, I saw the bead and figured I could press it down to make that nice embossing into the leather, using an aluminum block as an anvil and a C-clamp to apply pressure into the leather.

Untitled by GaryWGraley, on Flickr

another belt sheath, it takes some time and hard work to wet form these sheaths, otherwise they might lose their retention. Also some knives that do not have enough contours don't lend themselves for good candidates for wet forming.

Yukonsheath by GaryWGraley, on Flickr

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Gary W. Graley said:
Protect both knife and person are the sheath's primary duties, looking pretty while doing it? always a plus ;)

This one I was quite fond of, I normally don't hand sew down both sides but it was requested and I liked how it turned out. It is meant as a soft leather pocket sheath for a folder. Hand stitched and embossed by me.

by GaryWGraley, on Flickr

Untitled by GaryWGraley, on Flickr

This one is a belt carry sheath, leather was wet formed to conform tightly to the knife so the knife snaps into place. The embossing was done by using a paracord bead, you don't always need to buy 'tools' to do your embossing, I saw the bead and figured I could press it down to make that nice embossing into the leather, using an aluminum block as an anvil and a C-clamp to apply pressure into the leather.

Untitled by GaryWGraley, on Flickr

another belt sheath, it takes some time and hard work to wet form these sheaths, otherwise they might lose their retention. Also some knives that do not have enough contours don't lend themselves for good candidates for wet forming.

Yukonsheath by GaryWGraley, on Flickr

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Handsome work sir...👌👌👌
 
The local knife shop usually has a big plastic tub with all sorts of "unaccompanied" sheaths for a few dollars each. I liked the looks of this one so I bought it although I had no idea what (if anything) it might fit. Well, it's a perfect fit for my Buck 102.

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