I'm buying a custom sheath, which comes in either a retention strap design or one that looks like a deeper version of of a Condor Kephart sheath. Do deep carry sheaths tend to loosen up over time or is there a greater likelihood the snap on the retention strap will become bent and stop working?
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Retention strap vs deep carry
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It all depends on the quality of the leather, and if the craftsman is honest about the quality of his leather.
Yep, non answer, but not knowing who is kind of a hard place to be.
Top quality leather in both cases will not loosen up all that much with time. Cheap leather is more of a wide question.
Yep, non answer, but not knowing who is kind of a hard place to be.
Top quality leather in both cases will not loosen up all that much with time. Cheap leather is more of a wide question.
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Also deep carry vs retention strap is very dependent on the knife or more specifically the guard arrangement , if any. If the knife has no guard or has a small single guard a pouch style sheath will work very nicely with a deeply seated knife, and no retention strap is needed. If it has a double guard or a very large pronounced single guard, then a blade sheath is called for and since from the guard up will be outside the sheath a retention strap would be beneficial if not absolutely necessary.
As Dwayne explained above the quality of the leather used will determine to a large degree if stretch would be a problem or of no concern. If it is a factory produced sheath then leather quality would be suspect for me. I'd like to see it and feel it before I buy.
Paul
As Dwayne explained above the quality of the leather used will determine to a large degree if stretch would be a problem or of no concern. If it is a factory produced sheath then leather quality would be suspect for me. I'd like to see it and feel it before I buy.
Paul
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I checked, and your knife will definitely work well in a pouch style sheath and seated deeply will not need any type of retention device.
A custom built sheath made of premium leather will cost you just about twice the price of your knife ..if Amazon pricing is close.
Paul
A custom built sheath made of premium leather will cost you just about twice the price of your knife ..if Amazon pricing is close.
Paul
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Factory sheaths all seem to have several things in common, and a low price is one of them. The low price means by necessity, lesser quality cheaper leather, generally lighter weights of leather, "one shape/size fits all" design, sewing to a minimum and the use of rivets, never lined.
I sincerely doubt that anyone you could talk to at an on line vendor would be knowledgeable about leather quality generally.
Then if you did get someone to answer a question, you'd get a subjective answer influenced by their agenda.
Back to the original retention question. My answers were based on a custom fitted sheath. A generic sheath not made specifically for your specific knife and all bets are off.
Paul
I sincerely doubt that anyone you could talk to at an on line vendor would be knowledgeable about leather quality generally.
Then if you did get someone to answer a question, you'd get a subjective answer influenced by their agenda.
Back to the original retention question. My answers were based on a custom fitted sheath. A generic sheath not made specifically for your specific knife and all bets are off.
Paul
That makes sense. I found a few sites with prices around $100, but out of curiosity I checked an online site to compare and found a seller with 2200 reviews and 100% feedback for sheaths half the price. I'm probably going to end up with a more expensive one because of what I learned here about the quality of his leather, but it's interesting he has such glowing reviews.
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People in general really dislike to say bad things about a person or company, even in the world on anonymity we live in. Much easier on the conscience to give a good review and go away feeling good about themselves.
This place is an anomaly, too many try too hard to hold anyone they deem unfit to an insanely high standard and will in some cases go for their entire business and/or reputation. I've watched a disturbing number go down in flames over one misstep.
Harsh, but true.
This place is an anomaly, too many try too hard to hold anyone they deem unfit to an insanely high standard and will in some cases go for their entire business and/or reputation. I've watched a disturbing number go down in flames over one misstep.
Harsh, but true.
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It looks nice but I'd bet on it loosening up with time.
When it does eventually loosen up you could buy some time by wet molding it to the knife.
When it does eventually loosen up you could buy some time by wet molding it to the knife.