Photos Making My BK-24 A Leather Sheath

Nsvens89

Nsvens89

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This is something that has been long overdue on my to-do list. My BK-24 is one of my favorite and most carried beckers. That whole time it was done in a modified stock sheath. I have had a little practice doing some crude leather work so I thought I'd give a sheath for the 24 a to. It's far from perfect but certainly functional. Hope you all enjoy my day off project.


Below is a sheath I made for my carving knife. I copied this style but added a belt loop.
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After tracing for a welt I soaked the leather and wet formed it around the knife (after wrapping it in cling wrap)
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After drying I glued in the welt and drilled some holes for stitching and solid copper rivets.
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The stitching lines could have been cleaner and not as close to the edge but overall it should hold up fine and I'm happy with the results. Not quite ready to tackle making one for my BK-9 yet but maybe soon.
 
Looks good to me man, better than I could do. I remember when you reshaped the micarta tweener scales to fit your 24.
 
Thanks! I need to remember to grab an handful of stainless hardware in the tweener size next time I'm at the hardware store. As you can see in the pics the factory ones are getting a bit rusty. My whole collection needs some TLC. Hopefully this sheath is the start to getting them all the attention and storage they deserve.
 
Nice!
Great knife and sheath.

Re: edge vs. stitching
Ideally waste some material near the edge, then trim it back to the offset you want. But what you ended up with looks fine!

Getting a nice mould can be tricky. I've used that technique too for leather.
For a simple shape like this, a "press" is useful. Wish I had pix of my kydex press to show. It's a couple pieces of 1/2" plywood attached with a door hinge. I use some fatigue mat foam between the boards (knife & proto-sheath between the foam), then squeeze down on the loose end and hold with a speed clamp.
 
daizee said:
Nice!
Great knife and sheath.

Re: edge vs. stitching
Ideally waste some material near the edge, then trim it back to the offset you want. But what you ended up with looks fine!

Getting a nice mould can be tricky. I've used that technique too for leather.
For a simple shape like this, a "press" is useful. Wish I had pix of my kydex press to show. It's a couple pieces of 1/2" plywood attached with a door hinge. I use some fatigue mat foam between the boards (knife & proto-sheath between the foam), then squeeze down on the loose end and hold with a speed clamp.
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Part of my edge stitching issue is that I was working with leather from one of the scrap leather bundles you can find at craft stores. Thus I was in a "working with what I had" scenario.

I definitely like the idea of using a kydex press for the wet forming. I had never thought of or heard about that. It makes a ton of sense though and would alleviate a number of issues I've had trying to clamp wet leather and not mark it up! And making a press might temp me to try working with kydex too.
 
Nsvens89 said:
Part of my edge stitching issue is that I was working with leather from one of the scrap leather bundles you can find at craft stores. Thus I was in a "working with what I had" scenario.

I definitely like the idea of using a kydex press for the wet forming. I had never thought of or heard about that. It makes a ton of sense though and would alleviate a number of issues I've had trying to clamp wet leather and not mark it up! And making a press might temp me to try working with kydex too.
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Stitch then wet mold the shape. Clamps definately mar the leather.
 
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