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This is just a post i made in the Fiddleback passaround thread, but i copied it here for everone to see.
Normally, i dont pay to much attention to the sheaths on passaround knives, but the extreme quality of this sheath warrants a review all its own. That, and the fact that no one has really reviewed TF's leather yet are the primary reasons for this seperate reveiw.
The sheath:
TF's leatherwork is quite a surprise to most people. He started working leather maybe a month ago, and it is already better than my sorry attempts at leathercraft, which i have been doing for a while. So, TF has obviously got a nack for this leather working stuff.
The sheath has a very solid tight fit. once the knife is in there, i dont think the knife will slip out. The Way he treated the leather makes the knife click in, very much like kydex.
He had also encorperates a couple of different carry options: a drop loop, and the more traditional belt carry. I used the drop loop the whole time because that is just my preference, but i am sure that the other method is equally comforable. To swich between carry options, all you have to do is undo the chicago screw on the back; a simple and functional design.
One of my peices of advice would be to make the belt loop on the back a little wider. I tested my 2 belts and neither would fit. But i wear wide western type belts, so that isnt really a huge surprise.
The carry options:
The sheath has an intigrated fire-steel loop, like alot of the modern bushcraft sheaths tend to. It sturdily holds the standard LMF army firesteel, and would probably hold other styles of similar thickness.
The sheath is very well finished and the sides are very smoothed out. Great attention to detail.
smooth edges:
two other bits of advise; one would be to add a drainage hole. nothing major, but i would like the sheath to have one. the other thing is visible in the pic below. see how the two end stitches go on the outside of the beltloop? this is somthing that i would try to avoid. This would probably never cause any issues, but the exposed thread seems much more likely to get cut or snag on somthing. i dont know if this explaination makes any sense, but tell me if it dosent and ill try to explain better.
Not much else to say really. The sheath is beyond fantastic, and its quality is quite comparable to the knife it houses.
Hope you enjoyed,
~Brendan
Normally, i dont pay to much attention to the sheaths on passaround knives, but the extreme quality of this sheath warrants a review all its own. That, and the fact that no one has really reviewed TF's leather yet are the primary reasons for this seperate reveiw.
The sheath:
TF's leatherwork is quite a surprise to most people. He started working leather maybe a month ago, and it is already better than my sorry attempts at leathercraft, which i have been doing for a while. So, TF has obviously got a nack for this leather working stuff.
The sheath has a very solid tight fit. once the knife is in there, i dont think the knife will slip out. The Way he treated the leather makes the knife click in, very much like kydex.
He had also encorperates a couple of different carry options: a drop loop, and the more traditional belt carry. I used the drop loop the whole time because that is just my preference, but i am sure that the other method is equally comforable. To swich between carry options, all you have to do is undo the chicago screw on the back; a simple and functional design.
One of my peices of advice would be to make the belt loop on the back a little wider. I tested my 2 belts and neither would fit. But i wear wide western type belts, so that isnt really a huge surprise.
The carry options:
The sheath has an intigrated fire-steel loop, like alot of the modern bushcraft sheaths tend to. It sturdily holds the standard LMF army firesteel, and would probably hold other styles of similar thickness.
The sheath is very well finished and the sides are very smoothed out. Great attention to detail.
smooth edges:
two other bits of advise; one would be to add a drainage hole. nothing major, but i would like the sheath to have one. the other thing is visible in the pic below. see how the two end stitches go on the outside of the beltloop? this is somthing that i would try to avoid. This would probably never cause any issues, but the exposed thread seems much more likely to get cut or snag on somthing. i dont know if this explaination makes any sense, but tell me if it dosent and ill try to explain better.
Not much else to say really. The sheath is beyond fantastic, and its quality is quite comparable to the knife it houses.
Hope you enjoyed,
~Brendan
