Re-purposing Leather Sheaths

ferider

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Sometimes fixed blades come without sheath, other times they come with Kydex, and I want to carry in leather on occasion.

While we have some great sheath makers here, and our knife makers make great sheaths, too, I don’t trust USPS and hate to wait ... So I have quite a few knives in sheaths made for other knives.

For example, the two sheaths below are made by a guy in Texas and sold on ebay, for a Buck 119 on the left, and a Randall on the right. The sheaths are very solid, and I love the way they carry high (sitting in a car, for instance), and they only required changes to the guard clip to be used for two other knives.

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Thought others might be in the same boat and would want to share ?

Roland.
 
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Sometimes fixed blades come without sheath, other times they come with Kydex, and I want to carry in leather on occasion.

While we have some great sheath makers here, and our knife makers make great sheaths, too, I don’t trust USPS and hate to wait ... So I have quite a few knives in sheaths made for other knives.

For example, the two sheaths below are made by a guy in Texas and sold on ebay, for a Buck 119 on the left, and a Randall on the right. The sheaths are very solid, and I love the way they carry high (sitting in a car, for instance), and they only required changes to the guard clip to be used for two other knives.

i-KW4jggP-X4.jpg


i-5fzqJqH-X4.jpg


i-Jzb7Fcg-X4.jpg


Thought others might be in the same boat and would want to share ?

Roland.

Two great blades to go in those neat sheaths!!!!👍👍👍
 
Sometimes fixed blades come without sheath, other times they come with Kydex, and I want to carry in leather on occasion.

While we have some great sheath makers here, and our knife makers make great sheaths, too, I don’t trust USPS and hate to wait ... So I have quite a few knives in sheaths made for other knives.

For example, the two sheaths below are made by a guy in Texas and sold on ebay, for a Buck 119 on the left, and a Randall on the right. The sheaths are very solid, and I love the way they carry high (sitting in a car, for instance), and they only required changes to the guard clip to be used for two other knives.

i-KW4jggP-X4.jpg


i-5fzqJqH-X4.jpg


i-Jzb7Fcg-X4.jpg


Thought others might be in the same boat and would want to share ?

Roland.
Looks like a very practical, solid design and well-crafted.:thumbsup:
 
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These are my using sheaths. 4”,5”,6” made by tripleK and 7” KA-BAR

One of these will usually work. This allows me to use a knife that is missing a sheath or the sheath is old and/or I dont want to damage it.

Notice that is my Randall in the KA-BAR sheath. It also works for a Buck 120
 
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Be careful using sheaths not made for your knife. Many have found :) or lost sheath knives due bad retention. If you depend on a keeper strap, snaps can fail or be opened by brush, and a loose fit doesn't help.
 
Be careful using sheaths not made for your knife. Many have found :) or lost sheath knives due bad retention. If you depend on a keeper strap, snaps can fail or be opened by brush, and a loose fit doesn't help.

Agree. Then again, not too hard to tighten the straps using a new button - as I did for both sheaths in the OP and for the UF above.
 
Great thread topic, I just got done rubbing multiple coats of leather preservative into all of my sheaths last night. Some of the sheaths don't even have blades in them, but eventually a good deal on a sheath pays off.
This Buck came used and without a sheath, thankfully I had one laying around that would fit it.

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