Paul Long Butterfly sheath pattern tutorial

[darkmatter35]

1. start with 1/4" graph paper (Wal-Mart) and put horizontal line down the middle.
this will become the vertical center of your sheath.

2./3. Lay your knife along the line about +/- 12" per photo. Trace very accurately all the way around the knife.

4. Determine the depth you want knife into the sheath, Draw line across sheath pattern at this point.

5. Determine the inner margin of the welt as shown. Generally about 1/8" clearance.

6. Determine the outer margin of the sheath as shown. I use a standard 1/2" for welt width and carry that all the way around. It can narrow some as you start up the spine of the knife.

7. Fold the pattern in half on the vertical line. Be exact!!! Trace the other side of the sheath to come up with the results in photo 8.

9. Determine location of belt loop. Count the 1/4" squares from the horizontal depth line up the loop. That's what I use generally.

10. Put in the two curves of the loop, blending into the body of the sheath.

11. Determine inlay window if there is to be an inlay. Also note position of welt wedge if there needs to be one.

12. This pattern contains all the parts and pieces and other information you will need to make this sheath, and since you know exactly where you started you can adjust if there happened to be a mistake.

All this is covered in real time with live demonstration in my "Basic Pouch Sheaths" DVD.

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Paul Long
108 Briarwood Ln. W
Kerrville, TX 78028-9311
830 367 5536 pfl@cebridge.net

 

[leatherman]

Outstanding!! Thanks for the work! Both of you.

 

[vilePossum]

thanks a bunch! i saw a similar thread somewhere else on the interwebs and it has become my go to advice for this kind of sheaths!

 

[thatsaknife]

Thank you very much for the tutorial.
Can you tell me what the purpose of the pancake style is over just a fold over?
I'm sure there is a practical function for it but I cant figure it out

 

[jdk1]

Unless I'm mistaken, I believe Paul says in the video that it's slightly less bulky than a pouch/taco sheath and he prefers the aesthetics of the butterfly style. To my eye, it's more elegant than a strait fold-over.

 

[thatsaknife]

Unless I'm mistaken, I believe Paul says in the video that it's slightly less bulky than a pouch/taco sheath and he prefers the aesthetics of the butterfly style. To my eye, it's more elegant than a strait fold-over.

Im looking at a pouch sheath and you are right. The butterfly style is much flatter and uses less materiel in the blade portion of the sheath. It seems to follow the blade shape better as well

 

[groy87]

awesome tutorial. Thanks for sharing!

 

[Ladams19]

Thank you for the tutorial. I am in the process of learning to do some of my first sheaths. I have never made one before but I am really wanting to make sheaths for my new knife purchases. This type of information is golden. Thank you so much for the time and energy you have put forth to help people like me. It is certainly appreciated.