The HOGB8 Thread

[Will York]

I asked Mark Condos (Condos Leather) to make a trim, lightweight sheath for my custom clip-point B7.5 , with friction retention only (no straps), high-ride with the handle face riding right at the top of the belt. I wanted something I could wear on my pants belt at cross draw, underneath my pack belt, with the rig partially hidden/obscured by the pack belt but easily and quickly accessible. Here's his pic of the completed package--shipping to me tomorrow:

I was concerned that a standard fold-over belt loop integral to the back of the sheath would make the handle tend not to seat flush with the sheath mouth, so Mark cut a couple of very clean, shallow notches at the back of the sheath mouth on either side of the belt loop to let it fold over just at/below the face of the handle. Here's the back of the sheath:

I'm stoked! :thumbup:

 

[Stump Buster]

THAT looks GREAT Will!!! Congrats and Nice Work Mark!!!:thumbup:

 

[evltcat]

WOW! Congrats Will, that's a beautiful sheath!!!!!! :thumbup:

 

[Will York]

Thanks, guys! Mark knows his stuff! :thumbup:

 

[Tom Kanik]

THAT looks GREAT Will!!! Congrats and Nice Work Mark!!!:thumbup:

I totally agree with Stumpy!!!

 

[360joules]

Great looking sheath, Will! :thumbup:

 

[knifeleather]

Thanks guys! That clip point is one sweet blade!!

 

[Noxious Fumes]

Very nice and original:thumbup:

 

[Father & Son Traditional Sharpening]

I may just have to follow suit and get something just like this, looks perfect....

 

[Tom Kanik]

Certainly a nice way to dress up a B-8!:thumbup::thumbup:

 

[Busto]

Good Looking Sheath Will....Congrats...:thumbup:

Nice Work Mark...:thumbup:

 

[Tom Kanik]

It would definitely look good on a B-8.

 

[Stump Buster]

Up top for more pics of Rag's trip to the woods and Will's sheath once it arrives.


Aaaaaand, since I don't know if I can put a pic in my sig line, I'll just insert it here again... Bring on the the BIG Saber HOG Bait

 

[Busto]

Oh No not falling off 1st page...Bump....

 

[Stump Buster]

Nice Save Busto! Since Tom is MIA, I'll bump it up this evening.

 

[Busto]

Pretty sure Tom is busy oogling all the INFI at BLADE....We got This....:thumbup:

 

[Stump Buster]

Al Welke mentioned something about having a CG B8 on hand and told us he'd be posting pics soon... Fingers crossed!!!

 

[Stump Buster]

Just for reference here:

It appears the CG versions available at BLADE 2015, were painted LE's in Tan, Black, Green and Gray according to Ptman2000. No word yet on a standard offering or if these were just leftovers from the LE run and painted for the show.

Al Welke also reports the handles appear to be slightly larger. Not sure if there was a new batch of handles made on a new mold (just a reasonable guess). Hopefully the crew will fill in the blanks.

Brian77 snapped a few pics and posted them here... http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1295646-Basic-8-CG


Thanks for the info guys!:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

 

[magoo48]

Very nice sheath, Will. Did you all read that other thread ? B8 CG bring it on !

 

[Will York]

I believe that's what Stump was referring to. Personally I prefer satin, but if the price break was significant that would obviously be a factor. :thumbup: