Show Off Your Traditional Knife Slips and Pocket Sheaths

I know there's more around somewhere. These all do the job of keeping my pocket knives from slipping out of my pockets.
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mrknife said:
whoa is that croc?! :eek:
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The third one from the left is Stingray. I got it from William Henry some years ago. The others, with the exception of the Beard & Owl, are leather. The 5th and 7th from the left are horsehide.
 
Peregrin said:
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The third one from the left is Stingray. I got it from William Henry some years ago. The others, with the exception of the Beard & Owl, are leather. The 5th and 7th from the left are horsehide.
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that is awesome!!! i just got some beard & owl in actually. William Henry as in the benchmade designer?! :eek::eek::eek:
 
mrknife said:
that is awesome!!! i just got some beard & owl in actually. William Henry as in the benchmade designer?! :eek::eek::eek:
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William Henry is a high end knife company run by Matt Conable, located in Oregon. His company started in knives, but has moved into relatively high end jewelry as well. They don't do any traditional knives, unless you think button locks and liner locks are traditional ;).

McWilliams and Henry I believe did BM's axis lock.
 
brownshoe said:
William Henry is a high end knife company run by Matt Conable, located in Oregon. His company started in knives, but has moved into relatively high end jewelry as well. They don't do any traditional knives, unless you think button locks and liner locks are traditional ;).

McWilliams and Henry I believe did BM's axis lock.
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yes thought i remembered wrong, just looked at my 707
 
HFinn said:
I make my own, which means they are somewhat rough but they work.

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Ha, yours look like a million dollars compared to mine, but as you say, they work just fine. Which reminds me, I have to make another one to house my Case Wharncliffe mini trapper and Olight i3T. If I ever get around to it.....
 
Thanks JohnDF JohnDF . Just oiled. Horsehide is tanned by Horween there in Chicago. Most footwear in the world is made from horsehide. They never tell ya that cause they don't want to scare off the customers, but its true. The tag on the boots or shoes might say "Genuine Leather" but it never says "Genuine Cowhide" cause it ain't. Consequently ya can only buy strips off the butt because they square the sides for the footwear industry. Even then, supply is iffy. If I could buy it by the side it would be all I use for holsters and sheaths but I can't so I don't. The same characteristics that make it great for footwear also make it great for sheaths and holsters. That is, once it stretches and molds to a shape whether its a foot or a pistol, it does not continue to stretch, unlike cowhide. I extremely dislike dyeing leather and almost won't do it. Everything above in that pic is just oiled. So the Horween horsehide has that light brown color. The belt, holsters, mag pouch and Leatherman sheaths are Wicket and Craig russet saddle leather. The two paler sheaths are Herman Oak. All premium USA tanned leathers but distinctly different and all just oiled with warm pure neatsfoot oil. One of the last sheaths I dyed was for a friend. Knowing my dislike of dyeing leather, he brought me a bottle of Laphraoig Single Malt as a bribe and then paid for the sheath too.
 
I have a love hate deal going with HO. Couple years back they were really suffering from QC issues. Seems like they are back on track now. They're making their saddle leather in drum dyed black now case ya have to do that again. Yuck I know. For those that don't know why I and many other makers almost won't dye leather is that it about halves the useful life span of a product. Oiling it is the only way to go and thats by the maker after that it should be some type of cream conditioner because its way too easy to over oil leather. And thats enough about leather this early in the morning.
 
Horsewright said:
... Oiling it is the only way to go and thats by the maker after that it should be some type of cream conditioner because its way too easy to over oil leather. And thats enough about leather this early in the morning.
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Not enough for me, Dave (although morning is almost over for me)! ;)
So I should NOT be periodically (once or twice a year) using neatsfoot oil on my leather sheaths (or boots or baseball gloves)??

- GT
 
Yeah the problem with oil is it's just too easy to do too much. Even my own stuff and I do have some experience at oiling, I only use creams. I'm very fond of Skidmore's, Oakwood, Blackrock and RM Williams and have all four in the cabinet and would whole hearted recommend any of those products. I'm not alone here Paul Long and I have discussed this often with others on Sheaths and Such. Paul also recommends a cream over oil. Between us we have over a hundred years of playing with dead cows. Probably decent advice.
 
Thanks for the information about leather dyes, folks.
Sometimes I just jump into projects without any idea of what I'm doing. :oops: I bought scraps of vegetable tanned leather at Tandy, so I assume it was cowhide. I have short hair, so when I would dye my hair, I'd have a bunch more mixed up than needed (you have to mix up the whole package and can't store it for later use) so I used it on the leather slips I was making. Followed up with L'oreal Excellence Creme Conditioner. :D It's held up great. Can't see any gray! :D:thumbsup:
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The far right top row, and the far left bottom row were left un-dyed. That's natural dirt patina. I think I like the dyed ones better.
 
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