TTKZ sheath with Stingray (edit wolffish inlay)

Lennox

Lennox

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I finished a sheath for my TTKZ today. I am planning to secure the knife in the sheath with a pin of some sort through one of the tube fastners or the talon hole but i can't find any pins that fits the bill, so if anyone have pics of a sheath that secures the knife in this way or suggestions to what pins to use or where to look for such pins i would be grateful for any info.
Here is a few pics of the sheath.

After a tip from Leatherman and some reaserch i found that have been using wolffish instead of
stingray to make this sheath. The reciept i got when i bought the leather says stingray but after the tip from Leatherman and a call to the leather shop and mailing them a pic i discovered that is not stingray, it is actually Wolffish , but its kind of fitting since Wolffish is my favorite fish to eat, they are quite ugly buggers but taste very nice.

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really enjoying your work on the sheath's. the over sized stitching is a very nice touch. keep it up, and keep posting them pic's.
 
That is very very nice.
 
Lennox,

That is a beautiful piece of work:thumbup:

If the sheath were mine to alter - then in order to achieve a secure retention of the knife I would utilise the belt loop to attach a leather press stud loop securing the knife in the lowest part of the top palm swell dip - and by this I mean the first dip in the grip coming down from the butt of the knife.

Given the width of the belt loop you would need to place the loop on the outside of the belt loop to achieve a sug fit. The size of the belt loop should enable you to still have enough clearance to get a needle through the leather if you flexed the belt loop to enable further stitching for the retention loop.

The sheath is clearly a strong side draw and to pull the knife free you would be moving the handle forwards. This would enable the handle to clear the retention loop (once stitched on) before the edge of the blade could catch the retention loop and potentially score or scratch the leather on the retention loop once fitted.

To test for this as a potential problem I would glue the loop in place first before stitching. If it works - then fine. If not you can always remove the loop and clean the glue off and think of another option.

If the loop is high enough ( and up by the top dip in the palm swell by the butt it should be ) then pulling the knife free should not cause any encumbrance with the retention loop catching on the blade when drawing the knife for a smooth draw.

If it works well when glued I would then do the stitching to firmly anchor the retention loop.

If this does'nt work then a small loop formed from para cord attached to the pommel hole could be used in conjunction with a small Karabiner fitted to the front of the belt loop by stitching in a loop of hide around the Karabiner in the same way a loop is added to many leather sheaths for a fire steel. You could then use the Karabiner to free the para cord loop when wanting to draw the knife.

The fitting of the Karabiner and leather loop by stitching this in to the front of the belt loop would need to be tested with a glued fitting first before embarking on stitching.

Pins through talon holes - as you suggested - are unlikely to offer a secure fitting for a knife as heavy as the TTKZ - in my opinion - but I am not familiar with the options available on these sort of pins.

Anyway - if you try the glued options first - you can easily clean up the leather if they don't work without damaging the sheath.

Whichever way - the sheath looks lovely as is - and the weight of the blade would make it unlikely to fall out in most circumstances. So you could leave it as it is if need be.
 
Thanks for the great reply Peter :D i am in the process of making a retention loop right now, i think i am going to cut some holes in the belt loop and push the retention strap through, this way the strap will be easy to replace if it gets worn out. I tried the pin solution but it did not work very well, but i think i will try to make some sort of pin solution later on a smaller knife. I will post some pics of how it turns out some time tomorrow.

PeterPHWS said:
Lennox,

That is a beautiful piece of work:thumbup:

If the sheath were mine to alter - then in order to achieve a secure retention of the knife I would utilise the belt loop to attach a leather press stud loop securing the knife in the lowest part of the top palm swell dip - and by this I mean the first dip in the grip coming down from the butt of the knife.

Given the width of the belt loop you would need to place the loop on the outside of the belt loop to achieve a sug fit. The size of the belt loop should enable you to still have enough clearance to get a needle through the leather if you flexed the belt loop to enable further stitching for the retention loop.

The sheath is clearly a strong side draw and to pull the knife free you would be moving the handle forwards. This would enable the handle to clear the retention loop (once stitched on) before the edge of the blade could catch the retention loop and potentially score or scratch the leather on the retention loop once fitted.

To test for this as a potential problem I would glue the loop in place first before stitching. If it works - then fine. If not you can always remove the loop and clean the glue off and think of another option.

If the loop is high enough ( and up by the top dip in the palm swell by the butt it should be ) then pulling the knife free should not cause any encumbrance with the retention loop catching on the blade when drawing the knife for a smooth draw.

If it works well when glued I would then do the stitching to firmly anchor the retention loop.

If this does'nt work then a small loop formed from para cord attached to the pommel hole could be used in conjunction with a small Karabiner fitted to the front of the belt loop by stitching in a loop of hide around the Karabiner in the same way a loop is added to many leather sheaths for a fire steel. You could then use the Karabiner to free the para cord loop when wanting to draw the knife.

The fitting of the Karabiner and leather loop by stitching this in to the front of the belt loop would need to be tested with a glued fitting first before embarking on stitching.

Pins through talon holes - as you suggested - are unlikely to offer a secure fitting for a knife as heavy as the TTKZ - in my opinion - but I am not familiar with the options available on these sort of pins.

Anyway - if you try the glued options first - you can easily clean up the leather if they don't work without damaging the sheath.

Whichever way - the sheath looks lovely as is - and the weight of the blade would make it unlikely to fall out in most circumstances. So you could leave it as it is if need be.
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I really like the paracord inlay around the edges :thumbup: it blends modern tech with traditional craftsmanship

Ha! I thought you were saying wolfish not wolffish, I was slightly puzzled :o
 
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