Sebenza Leather Sheath

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FroOchie

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As you all know most of the inlay Sebenzas come with a leather sheath. Heres what I did to one of mine with some water and a blunt tool... Once dried its just like any other leather friction sheath with great retention.

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Sorry for the Instagram Pictures but I was updating my friends as I was doing it...
 
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I don't understand! What did you do? I see now you did the engraving.
 
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Thanks Hotchkis, it was a fun little evening project. And you're welcome Lisantica, it's deserved.
 
It looks great. I'm curious, though. How much does that benefit you since it's carried in the pocket instead of worn on the belt? Serious question, because I might do that to one of mine.
 
Lone_Wolfe said:
It looks great. I'm curious, though. How much does that benefit you since it's carried in the pocket instead of worn on the belt? Serious question, because I might do that to one of mine.
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@nyfemaker thank you... @Lone_Wolfe I don't know how much of a benefit it will be to me other than keeping my Inlay knives from getting scratched. I have a Large 21 that looks like it's been to war and back and I love that but I don't want that kind of a wear on any of my Inlays. Its no more protective than it was before but the molded form does now make it a nice friction sheath rather than a sleeve. Really, I just wanted to try it and see how it would come out though.

And then I did it again...

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FroOchie said:
I don't know how much of a benefit it will be to me other than keeping my Inlay knives from getting scratched. I have a Large 21 that looks like it's been to war and back and I love that but I don't want that kind of a wear on any of my Inlays. Really though, I just wanted to try it and see how it would come out.

So I did it again...

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Makes sense, since they can float around in a loose sheath. That second one looks awesome, fitting a 25 like that. :thumbsup:
 
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Makes sense, since they can float around in a loose sheath. That second one looks awesome, fitting a 25 like that. :thumbsup:
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Thank you. I was able to form the 25 a little better than whats in the picture but honestly I just the like the way they look versus what they'll actually do for me. The downside is I had to buy two new sleeves to replace the ones I borrowed from my other Sebenzas since neither of the knives above came with them. ;)
 
I think it looks awesome! :thumbup:

It is something that I've actually thought about trying, but wasn't sure if it would yield look I was after. I used to use the same principle to custom mold new (STIFF!) flight boots to my feet. I'd fill the tub with hot water and stand in it for ten minutes with my new boots on. Then I'd walk around in the boots all day until they were completely dry. Bingo! Custom molded, super comfortable boots. Doing this certainly saved me a lot of blisters!

Now that I've seen your outstanding results with the sheath, I am definitely going to try it. Thanks for posting this, and well done! :D
 
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beau007 said:
I think it looks awesome! :thumbup:

It is something that I've actually thought about trying, but wasn't sure if it would yield look I was after. I used to use the same principle to custom mold new (STIFF!) flight boots to my feet. I'd fill the tub with hot water and stand in it for ten minutes with my new boots on. Then I'd walk around in the boots all day until they were completely dry. Bingo! Custom molded, super comfortable boots. Doing this certainly saved me a lot of blisters!

Now that I've seen your outstanding results with the sheath, I am definitely going to try it. Thanks for posting this, and well done! :D
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Great idea with the boots! I have some Frye's that probably would have been better off rather than taking our their brute force on my feet. Glad I can help though and thanks for kind words!
 
How do you do it? Do you soak the leather for a while in water or just quickly make it wet or use a paper towel to make it damp? Thanks! Looks fabulous and I want to try it!
 
I kept it really simple.

First, wrap the knife in a little bit of plastic wrap, just to keep the moisture out. Stick it tight into the sheath and try to center it. I centered the inlay knife using the Think Twice branding on the sleeve and the groove between the inlays.

Once you have it in position, just keep wetting it with your hand. I used hot tap water right from the sink. Forming the leather with my hands it dried fairly quickly so I just keep wetting and forming. The wetter the leather gets, you'll see it's saturation with a deep darkening... especially in grooves of what has already started taken form. (as seen in one of my pics) That's when it gets really easy to form the final shape and the leather really takes on all the details of the knife. You can use anything blunt but I found that the handle on a small nail clipper worked beautifully. Pressing it against any hard edge of the handle and blade, thumbstuds and clips... whatever. You can actually see the lock bar now. I also used a blow dryer just to shrink the leather around the knife which doesn't shrink it much but it tightens it up nicely.

Thats it. I will say that I went back and forth forming and blow drying 3 or 4 times. The more you do it, the better it gets basically. Hope that helps and sorry about the long read.
 
Slight bump but... I tried this and it came out really well. I didn't repeat the process or use a dryer, but it looks similar.

... and then I ordered a new case. I like the softer feel of the original rather than the more form-fitting modification. But it was a fun experiment. Thanks for posting this.
 
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