Show us your homemade survival Sheaths, or mods

[gregorio]

Here's my BK2 sheath I put together last year-ish.

Drop leg setup with thigh strap.

In the box is a firesteel (.5"x5") some firestraws, a piece of fatwood, some water purification tabs, a lighter, a knife lanyard, stormproof matches. Had room for more but that was what was in it at that point.

The strappy belt part was modified to hold a fresnel lens, ez lap diamond sharpening card, and a plastic card with some ground to air signals on it that I had printed up. Behind the sheath proper is a holder for the allen wrench needed for the handle scales. And there was also a BK14 attached to the back for small knife work.

That's pretty unique with the box, I've never seen that before.

 

[Barrabas]

That's pretty unique with the box, I've never seen that before.

very cool..:thumbup:

 

[BillyJoeBobJim]

I use Kydex knife sheaths 85-95% of the time. I don't often attach anything to the Kydex sheath.

If I feel like I should attach stuff to my knife sheath I strap a MOLLE utility pouch to the Kydex sheath. I have been using pouches by HSGI and ATS.

This is a Busse NMSFNO in Mashed Cat Kydex with an HSGI Mini Radio pouch attached to the paracord with Tactical Tailor MALICE clips. That's two pieces of green shock-cord to hold it down to the sheath really tight (not necessary in this instance) or to hold something else.

The same size pouch can be attached to a smaller knife in the same way or the small knife can be put on the front of the pouch. There are so many MOLLE pouches out there that can be used this way.

 

[upnorth]

I have been farting around modding a Becker BK-16 casually now and then. And I have cut away a lot of the original sheath. The latest incarnation has these eyelets. I almost have the knife hanging vertically, which is my goal. I need to play around with the cord threading to get it right. I tried to neck hang my ESEE 4 and it felt like a boat anchor. The 16 feels fine to me. As soon as I heard about the 16 a few years ago, I wanted one as a necker. I still have a belt carry option but may slice all that off also. I like this knife.

 

[coaldigger]

I added a little pouch to my factory BK2 sheath.

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[JTC]

Wow those are some nice set ups. Makes mine look pretty crappy by comparison but I'll show it any way. I bought a "primitive" knife at a rendevous the other day that didnt have a sheath but the maker gave me a piece of leather so I went to Hobby Lobby and bought a hand stitcher and this is what I came up with. It looks reaaalllly primitive.

Heres a pic of the knife. It was only $20.

 

[Thalestin]

Hi All,

Hope you're well.
There are awesome Sheath makers..but with awesomeness, there is typically a cost associated ...so I 'd love to see the W&SS sheaths you have made, or modded to make what serves you best.

An extremely gracious Friend on the forum, found out I had a little financial difficulty a few months back, and had to sell much of my collection..and I was "chopperless"..so he sent me a brand spanking new Rodent 9...wow, what an awesome and efficient chopper!!! (plan to post a review on it in a few days, Lord willing)..it had no sheath..and I could not afford to buy what I wanted, so I took the opportunity to make my first Sheath from scratch out of some leather I had received in trade, really made me appreciate the exquisite work of the professionals, but I am very pleased for how it suits my needs for the woods.
Also have added about 20ft of 160lb bankline to it, since these pics, and hopefully will get them up tomorrow..Thank you W&SS members, most of the ideas implemented on this, came from seeing yours through the years, and discussions for what you like best for the woods..can't wait to see yours!!!
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I really like what youve done. Not super perfect but a whole rugged kind of cool. Nicely done

 

[TwinStick]

This is what i do to make my stock sheaths 100% more usefull. I buy 4' lengths of 3/16" steel rod from HW Store & bend them up to make giant D-ring swivels. Then i use belt keeper/s to attatch to belt. Drop-leg swivel set ups are where it's at for me. VERY COMFORTABLE for all day wear while working. A leg strap helps it from slapping you all day.

 

[bigghoss]

Took the stock BK2 sheath and mounted it to an ESEE MOLLE back and made a drop leg rig. I later added a pouch to the front

How I used to carry my BK9 with a shoulder strap.

Custom kydex from AZWelke with the ESEE pouch on it(That's on my BK2). I'm working on a drop-leg for this too.

 

[akthor]

Well I didn't make this sheath for my Bush Cleaver, but I told him what I wanted Lamont Coombs made it happen tho.

 

[obedriverleather]

Made this for a friends wood lore clone, also braided the leather lanyard

 

[RatDrall]

And for my JK Hudson Bay XL I used inner tube bands to hold the gear on & wrapped it all with paracord.

Where did you get that beautiful axe? Can I get one with micarta handles?!?

 

[filedog]

Barrabas, nice setup, beautiful work on that sheath!!!
Some really great work here, very inspiring.