Sheath design recommendation

Atlas Knife Company

Atlas Knife Company

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I normally don't spend any time in this area so be gentle. I just built a chef knife for a cook at a neighboring restaurant where I work. He bakes cookies and rice crispy treats for the kids a lot. The knife is a gift. He mainly will use it to cut onions for onion rings and cut sandwiches in half. He doesn't have a wooden knife block nor would he be likely to carry a sheath on his belt around the kitchen.

I'm thinking of something roughly sheath like, but instead of belt loops, install some magnets so it can stick to the fridge in the middle of the kitchen. Then if it's easy enough to slide in/out, he could easily put it there.

Any suggestions?
 
Why not make it out of the wood? Make it that way so that the handle of the knife when it is in the sheath is distanted from the surface (fridge) kind of at the angle for easier pulling out, glue some magnets and it should work?
 
How big is said knife?

My immediate thought is four layers of leather: front panel, welt, back panel with magnets glued to the back side, then a thinner back panel to cover over the magnets.
 
zaph1 said:
I normally don't spend any time in this area so be gentle. I just built a chef knife for a cook at a neighboring restaurant where I work. He bakes cookies and rice crispy treats for the kids a lot. The knife is a gift. He mainly will use it to cut onions for onion rings and cut sandwiches in half. He doesn't have a wooden knife block nor would he be likely to carry a sheath on his belt around the kitchen.

I'm thinking of something roughly sheath like, but instead of belt loops, install some magnets so it can stick to the fridge in the middle of the kitchen. Then if it's easy enough to slide in/out, he could easily put it there.

Any suggestions?
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have you considered buying a magnetic wall hanger for kitchen knives?
 
Although Steel Talon's suggestion certainly has merit, I would go with Rayban's suggestion--what if the chef likes to keep his knives in drawers, for instance, and doesn't like magnetic wall hangers? I think it's best to have a magnetic sheath, that way he can keep it on a magnetic wall hanger OR the fridge OR in a drawer :)

~Noah
 
I'd avoid using leather. In the kitchen, it will soak up water and bacteria like a sponge. Even if its never touched water, the steam will definately affect it. Wood isn't a bad choice. I've actually made a wood sheath with mixed results. its all in how you treat the wood as to how well it will hold up. I'd recoment a molded kydex sheath, since it will hold up to the kitchen environment better than other materials. Mold it so it is held securly and instead of mounting it to a refrigerator, make some sort of eyelet in the tip so that it can hang with the handle pointing down. Magnets just wouldn't work since they'll attract and hold to the steel in the knife. And in case he wants to just keep the knife in a drawer, he still has that option.
 
My suggestion would be to get a knife block. A cheap and simple, if not elegant, solution would be a piece of PVC pipe with a base to stand it up or a cap on the end to hang it. Shove a piece of foam in there and instant single knife block. If you do go the sheath route, I'd personally recommend against leather in the kitchen.
 
Sorry it took me so long to respond. I thought I had subscribed to this thread but never got any notifications. How would Kydex hold up in a kitchen? I do like Rayban's suggestion, but maybe out of non-leather. Is this possible?

Currently I took some scrap leather and stapled it together. It works better than the cardboard it was in.
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For a kitchen knife you have a few choices a Block type of holder there are a huge variety out There !! ive seen several that fit inside a drawer ive seen wood and plastic cutting board's with a groove cut in with a router to hold the blade very nice beacuse it keep's the knife with the cutting board ..there is a product on the market that easily cover's the whole blade of a kitchen type knife usually sold at Cutlery stores they are pretty cheap if i remember correctly about $5-$10 Kydex is another good choice but it requires a little work to cut and shape and heat to form around the blade /handle .. if this person is really that close to you get creative ,search for chef knife holder's then you can decide what will be perfect for the knife .
as said by many other's Leather is a very bad choice for the kitchen beacuse of water/bacteria
 
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