Sheath stuff

Gary W. Graley

Gary W. Graley

“Imagination is more important than knowledge"
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I had one of Critter Critter Doug Ritter's fixed blades several years ago and I just saw that Hogue has picked up his designs and released a new one that has S45vn steel in it and decided to give that a looksee as the design I always liked and have wanted to try out this 'new' steel.

Knife arrived today, quite nice, the sheath I think could stand a redesign, but in all fairness they made it to accommodate just about any person, left or right handed, worn on the belt or strapped to a pack/vest. But the knife is retained mainly/read only, by a restraining strap snapped across the guard area. Once unsnapped, it is pretty much free to jostle around and possibly fall out if you are not careful. ( spoiler: I plan on making a leather sheath for this but have to wait on some thicker leather to arrive...I do not make fixed blade sheaths :( )

SO, with that in mind, what I did was something that I had also done with some of the Becker model sheaths, basically inserting some leather into the sheath opening to make it a compression fit for the blade, resulting in the knife being held in place even if the strap becomes undone. So until I get my leather in to make myself a pouch type sheath, this will have to do.

Here's some shots showing where I inserted the leather, it is some soft elk skin so it's thick and cushiony so it is compressed as the knife enters the sheath. I slipped one end beneath the outer shell so that is what keeps it in place.

Untitled by GaryWGraley, on Flickr

Untitled by GaryWGraley, on Flickr

Untitled by GaryWGraley, on Flickr

I really like this blade shape and it is ground down pretty thin so it cuts great.

Untitled by GaryWGraley, on Flickr

Untitled by GaryWGraley, on Flickr

So if you guys/gals have sheaths like this, you might want to give this a try to help keep the blade from rattling around or worse case, falling out on you by accident.

G2
 
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Here's some photos of the Becker sheaths that I did similar fix on, for those I was able to slip one end of the leather below the plastic insert, on the Ritter it's not able to do that so I had to go under the top section.

BK-15_ by GaryWGraley, on Flickr

BK_5_sheath_insert by GaryWGraley, on Flickr

BK_15_sheath_insert by GaryWGraley, on Flickr

showing you could shake it upside down and it would still stay in the sheath but you could draw it easily.

BK5_leather_insert by GaryWGraley, on Flickr

G2
 
Thanks it’s one of my favorite shows and such a shame it was canceled

you remove the labels and print directly onto the waxy surface and then carefully lay it down onto the wood, I used painters tape across the top to keep it stationary and then use something to press down to transfer the ink onto the wood being careful not to let it slide around once on there and dried I sprayed it with a clear coat to prevent it from smearing
G2

edited to say that for that one I used a label sheet that had perforated sections so you see a line down the middle, so I ordered some full sheet labels for the next time
 
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Gary W. Graley said:
Thanks it’s one of my favorite shows and such a shame it was canceled

you remove the labels and print directly onto the waxy surface and then carefully lay it down onto the wood, I used painters tape across the top to keep it stationary and then use something to press down to transfer the ink onto the wood being careful not to let it slide around once on there and dried I sprayed it with a clear coat to prevent it from smearing
G2

edited to say that for that one I used a label sheet that had perforated sections so you see a line down the middle, so I ordered some full sheet labels for the next time
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I liked that show a lot also.
 
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