Three wooden sheaths....

Raymond Richard

Raymond Richard

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I just finished these up and would appreciate your comments on them. Pro's and con's and if there is one you like better than another. I used monkey pod wood for the main body and did a couple throats with Africian blackwood and one with kingwood. This was the first time I've tried wood, alot more work and just not sure if its worth it.... The color is a dye job, they match my hands....
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I like all three. They all seem well made. I like the middle one a little more though. That is just like the sword sheaths I make. I've gotten so I can do one in fifteen minutes not including the finish!

They are very good and you should be proud of them.
 
Hmmmmm......., I look at those knives, and I see Koa wood. ;)








J/K, they look real good.:D
 
Mike, I'm pretty sure its monkey pod although I was thinking it could be koa. What ever it is bugs me more than any wood I've worked so far. Monkey pod is suppossed to irratate the eyes, it sure makes me sneeze.
 
Very impressive. How hard are these to make(or just point me towards a tutorial. ;) DOn't think I ahve those bookmarks on here right now).

I think I like bottom two best, but not because of the throats, haven't decided which I prefer there, but just the figure of the monkey pod on the bottom two is very nice. I love a distinctive figure/grain/whatever.

Looks great man
 
Very well done, Raymond. Man, you do great work!

A quick Q if I may: How are they carried?


All the best,
Mike U.
 
Mike, I made them for either sliding under the belt or to be used with an adapto that can be made so the sheath will slid into it and stop with the ring nut in a notch. The adapto is leather and fits onto the beltt with a leather ring that has a notch in it. You can either draw the knife or remove sheath and all. I hope you understand what I'm trying to say.

There's really no trick to making them except there alot more time consumming than leather. The main body of the sheath is made with 3 thin slices of wood. The center piece is cut simular to a welt in a leather sheath. All three are lined on the inside with leather....
 
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Originally posted by etp777
How hard are these to make(or just point me towards a tutorial.
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Tutorial for a wooden sheath by Edgewise, hosted on OldJimbo's website:
http://www.oldjimbo.com/survival/edgewise/woodcraft.html

Another Edgewise page with more varied wooden sheaths:
http://www.oldjimbo.com/survival/edgewise/woodensheath.html

See also this page linked from the second URL above:
http://www.knifeforums.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=UBB42&Number=172638

BTW Raymond, those wood sheaths you made look mighty fine to me. Pretty wood, whatever kind it happens to be.
 
Originally posted by Raymond Richard
Mike, I'm pretty sure its monkey pod although I was thinking it could be koa. What ever it is bugs me more than any wood I've worked so far. Monkey pod is suppossed to irratate the eyes, it sure makes me sneeze.
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I was just pulling your leg. I saw a thread by you, somewhere, in the last few days, where the merits of Koa, VS Monkey Pod were being tossed around.:D
 
There are no cons with those. Magnificent work. I have no favorite except for the whole set. Very inspiring craftsmanship.

RL
 
did you stabilize the wood? i have never used the monkey pod, but lots of stablized Koa. it kinda looks like Koa to me too:D
 
Originally posted by peter nap
I've gotten so I can do one in fifteen minutes not including the finish!
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WoW I don't think I could get the throat on one that fast
but I'm slow too.. :)

looks like it would work with a leather frog to hold them on to the belt.

very nice looking sheathes ,, I like them all:)
 
The monkey pod is suppossed to be real stable plus I don't it going to matter if it moves one way or another since its a sheath. I did use a real heavy coat of oil to finish these off. That wood is so dry it really sucked alot in....
 
I don't line mine Dan. I use a fairly oily wood like the dreaded rosewood. There are two ways I make them. The first is to take two oversize sides and trace the blade on each. Route it to the trace line and glue the two sides together. Trim the sides after it dries.

The second method is down and dirty. Set your table saw for the width of the blade plus 1/2"

cut a slot in the edge of the board but do not go completely to the end. Leave one end uncut. The shape of the blade leaves a natural curve inside the sheath. Rip a strip of the same board the width of the saw kerf and put your knife/sword in the sheath. Butter the strip with glue and push it up tight to the blade. Clamp and remove the blade. When dry, trim the excess from the strip and shape the outside of the sheath.

It takes almost as long to type as it does to make!
 
Food for thought. maybe wrap the next ones in nice, thin Morrocan leather, stitched up the middle of the back.:)

Of cource, then you would have to put on a silver throat, and tip.:eek:

But the upside is, you will have learned to make them, and the rest of us here that haven't, can send our knives to you for sheaths of this type.:eek: ;)
 
I'm a knifemaker, don't send me your knives to do sheaths for. I really struggle making sheaths for my own knives thats why I put them off for so long. Once I get around to doing it its not bad but not what I really enjoy doing..... I think I'm getting close to taking the time to learn metal.....
 
I'm very, very lucky that Tess was interested in doing the sheaths. I have no interest in seeing leather unless it's about to be a steak.;)
 
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