It's finally done!
After two months of owning the Tank Buster, countless hours of planning, at least 20 hours of just stitching (a full inch of stacked leather is nearly impossible to puncture), and it's finally done!
And I assure you, you've never seen anything like it before.
Here it is in full lockdown, that thing ain't coming apart.
Here's partial lockdown. The buckle could be put under the retention strap, but I wanted to show off the pretty flag. Not too often you see the maple leaf on stuff like this.
Here it is in normal carry mode. Just the sheath on the dangler.
Normal sheath? I think not.
Snaps? Velcro? That stuff is sooo last century. This thing is held together with MAGNETS!
You know how it always bugs you when you sit down with your favorite knife on your belt, only to have the sheath snag on the arm of the chair. Well now all I have to do is pull it off and there you go, just the dangler on your belt, and you're free to stick the sheath to any metal object near by.
The magnets do their job incredibly well, the main set that secure the sheath to the dangler can hold up to 20lbs of weight. The retention strap holds the knife in nice and tight. The knife itself fits snugly in the sheath, with virtually no wiggle.
There is one downside.
The sheath alone weighs 3lbs 5oz, without the lockdown straps. Add on the 18oz Tank Buster and the whole thing weighs a total of 4lbs 7oz! That's as much as a sword!
But, this is the Tank Buster, so in a way it's kind of appropriate.
BTW, my little brother thinks this is not the first of its kind, if any sheath makers or knife nuts have seen anything like this before please do tell.
Anything with magnets in it is automatically supremely awesome (thus the sheath).
Thanks.
After two months of owning the Tank Buster, countless hours of planning, at least 20 hours of just stitching (a full inch of stacked leather is nearly impossible to puncture), and it's finally done!
And I assure you, you've never seen anything like it before.
Here it is in full lockdown, that thing ain't coming apart.
Here's partial lockdown. The buckle could be put under the retention strap, but I wanted to show off the pretty flag. Not too often you see the maple leaf on stuff like this.
Here it is in normal carry mode. Just the sheath on the dangler.
Normal sheath? I think not.
Snaps? Velcro? That stuff is sooo last century. This thing is held together with MAGNETS!
You know how it always bugs you when you sit down with your favorite knife on your belt, only to have the sheath snag on the arm of the chair. Well now all I have to do is pull it off and there you go, just the dangler on your belt, and you're free to stick the sheath to any metal object near by.
The magnets do their job incredibly well, the main set that secure the sheath to the dangler can hold up to 20lbs of weight. The retention strap holds the knife in nice and tight. The knife itself fits snugly in the sheath, with virtually no wiggle.
There is one downside.
The sheath alone weighs 3lbs 5oz, without the lockdown straps. Add on the 18oz Tank Buster and the whole thing weighs a total of 4lbs 7oz! That's as much as a sword!
But, this is the Tank Buster, so in a way it's kind of appropriate.
BTW, my little brother thinks this is not the first of its kind, if any sheath makers or knife nuts have seen anything like this before please do tell.
Anything with magnets in it is automatically supremely awesome (thus the sheath).
Thanks.
. Nice job!