Hi all,
Because I've gotten a very nice new knife yesterday, and don't want it to get scratched up, I decided to give it a sheath today. At first I thought about putting it inside a sheath I had belonging to a cheap(as in 1$-cheap) chinese knife or in some sort of cotton sock.
But because that Nakamura deserves a lot more than that, and I have seen some nice sheaths here before, I thought to give it a try making my own sheath.
Less than an hour later, this was my result:
As you can see at the quality of the stitches, I've never made a sheath before, and can't even remember the last time I touched needle and wire. I'm obviously not goot with a needle as I've bend it over and over again, and broke the wire two times. I didn't use any other tools than a needle, a wire, and the nakamura itself to cut the leather. I also didn't make any plans on forehand. Should have done so, as I haven't got a clue how to attach a piece of leather on the other side to be able to mount it on a belt now it is already closed. But the lanyard is enough I think. I can put the knife in my pocket now without risking to scratch it up.
But anyway, I'm satisfied with the result
Maybe I'm going to retry it again some day with red wire and better preparations, and a better sewing technique.
I will write a review about the knife itself in a few days(when I can borrow a better camera) , but thought to show this sheath already in this nice new "sheaths & such" forum. If you have some easy to implement ideas for the better version of this sheath I'm going to make someday, I will be glad to hear them. The best idea I've currently got on my mind is to let a woman stitch the next version
BTW, the leather I used is from a box to put glasses in and is synthetic. (Haven't got a clue how it's called in English)
Because I've gotten a very nice new knife yesterday, and don't want it to get scratched up, I decided to give it a sheath today. At first I thought about putting it inside a sheath I had belonging to a cheap(as in 1$-cheap) chinese knife or in some sort of cotton sock.
But because that Nakamura deserves a lot more than that, and I have seen some nice sheaths here before, I thought to give it a try making my own sheath.
Less than an hour later, this was my result:
As you can see at the quality of the stitches, I've never made a sheath before, and can't even remember the last time I touched needle and wire. I'm obviously not goot with a needle as I've bend it over and over again, and broke the wire two times. I didn't use any other tools than a needle, a wire, and the nakamura itself to cut the leather. I also didn't make any plans on forehand. Should have done so, as I haven't got a clue how to attach a piece of leather on the other side to be able to mount it on a belt now it is already closed. But the lanyard is enough I think. I can put the knife in my pocket now without risking to scratch it up.
But anyway, I'm satisfied with the result
Maybe I'm going to retry it again some day with red wire and better preparations, and a better sewing technique.
I will write a review about the knife itself in a few days(when I can borrow a better camera) , but thought to show this sheath already in this nice new "sheaths & such" forum. If you have some easy to implement ideas for the better version of this sheath I'm going to make someday, I will be glad to hear them. The best idea I've currently got on my mind is to let a woman stitch the next version
BTW, the leather I used is from a box to put glasses in and is synthetic. (Haven't got a clue how it's called in English)
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