Dochartaigh
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Just thought I'd show some of my knife rolls where I store my knives. For folders there's a TON of options out there (although I hate all the ones with clear pockets or which use elastic which wears out), but for fixed blades it was a bear to find one for the tactical-type fixed blades.
For my regular size folders, OTF's, and Balisongs I use this leather roll from Grommet's Leatherware. He can custom make them to however many slots you like, and to whatever slot-width and height you want. I always had the problem with knife rolls that when I roll it up the top flap (because it's going around the outer diameter of the entire roll) will fall short of covering the last knife completely, so I had him make the top flap wider than the slotted area below, and it rolls up perfect now. It's made of "4-5 ounce Bison leather" in Light Brown with Red stitching.
This is a $32 chef's knife roll in waxed canvas from Amazon. Nice quality for the money and double layer canvas. Modded a couple slots to be wider, then adjusted the height of several slots with a Speedy Stitcher Awl so they were presented how I like them to be. Also sectioned out the leftmost tall zipper pouch to fit my sharpening supplies and other random items, and shortened the carry handle on the outside so it didn't flop around. I don't like the fake/PU Leather straps on the outside, but if they ever fall I have 1" cordura webbing and fastex buckles to replace it with.
This one is a cheap $20, single layer, waxed canvas roll for my chinese made knives, knockoffs, and stupid mall ninja crap lol. Some of those are taller than my folders, but shorter than my fixed blades, so I took this full-height chefs knife roll and basically cut in almost in ~half, then sewed the trim back on so it won't fray. Definitely not as nice quality as the above, and it's a work in progress with safety pins where I think I want to add stitches once I finalize the setup.
Last is a cable organizer bag I repurposed for all my knife cleaning/maintaining supplies. WAY easier than digging through the little zip pouch I was using before to find something.
Full resolution Imgur album if you want to zoom in.
For my regular size folders, OTF's, and Balisongs I use this leather roll from Grommet's Leatherware. He can custom make them to however many slots you like, and to whatever slot-width and height you want. I always had the problem with knife rolls that when I roll it up the top flap (because it's going around the outer diameter of the entire roll) will fall short of covering the last knife completely, so I had him make the top flap wider than the slotted area below, and it rolls up perfect now. It's made of "4-5 ounce Bison leather" in Light Brown with Red stitching.
This is a $32 chef's knife roll in waxed canvas from Amazon. Nice quality for the money and double layer canvas. Modded a couple slots to be wider, then adjusted the height of several slots with a Speedy Stitcher Awl so they were presented how I like them to be. Also sectioned out the leftmost tall zipper pouch to fit my sharpening supplies and other random items, and shortened the carry handle on the outside so it didn't flop around. I don't like the fake/PU Leather straps on the outside, but if they ever fall I have 1" cordura webbing and fastex buckles to replace it with.
This one is a cheap $20, single layer, waxed canvas roll for my chinese made knives, knockoffs, and stupid mall ninja crap lol. Some of those are taller than my folders, but shorter than my fixed blades, so I took this full-height chefs knife roll and basically cut in almost in ~half, then sewed the trim back on so it won't fray. Definitely not as nice quality as the above, and it's a work in progress with safety pins where I think I want to add stitches once I finalize the setup.
Last is a cable organizer bag I repurposed for all my knife cleaning/maintaining supplies. WAY easier than digging through the little zip pouch I was using before to find something.
Full resolution Imgur album if you want to zoom in.
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