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Digging the shackle love
Looks beautiful and rustic, great match for the knife!
Not to mention the mini bolas that can be used to catch squirrels and similar in a survival situation
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Odd, for me the photo is only showing when i hit replyA neck sheath for a yard sale knife (which is actually a repurposed table knife)
First time double stitch lacing. Going around the asymmetrical point got a little funky. Something to consider in the design phase of the next one.
I think it’ll do. Now to polish up the bone handle a bit.
Pic works for me too. Wow some really great work around here lately and I mean really nice!! Was out fo the shop quite a while cowboying:
Matthew Gregory
cooked up for me from a pattern that I had Tony Bose make for me years ago, but this time in quite thin Magnacut material, quite slicey ! thanks again Matt !
Untitled by GaryWGraley, on Flickr
Untitled by GaryWGraley, on Flickr
Untitled by GaryWGraley, on Flickr
Untitled by GaryWGraley, on Flickr
Very nice work as usualIt is a rare time that I make a fixed blade sheath, just not something that I'm keen on making, rather do folder sheaths or slip sheaths more. But this one needed a bit better sheath if I was going to be carrying it around the property. And since there wasn't a guard I didn't do a wrap around as without the guard to hit against a cam stop I felt it wouldn't hold as well. So I made a regular type sheath, sewing it all the way around...a LOT of holes! And I am usually pretty good at guessing how long a thread I would need to sew something up, but this one was close, ended up with about 4" of thread on each needle !!! that is cutting it pretty close!
I used a stitching prong to start the stitch spacing as well as getting a hole going, then I used a dremel with a 1/16" drill bit so the hole it made wasn't too large. Even down around the blade area the three layers of leather were too thick for my stitching prong to get through and of course up at the opening, there is a lot of layers to have a little wider opening. The spacers are on top and below the center layer of welt, and at the very start of the opening, the belt loop portion was skived down and glued down to the sheath and the welt was placed just on top, making it fixed in place.
Being so thick, I was going to use my bandsaw to trim off the outer edges of the sheath but I decided to try a leather knife that my friend
The knife is nice and snug inside this sheath and the handle rests just about mid level of my belt so it doesn't poke up at me.
G2
Gary W. Graley
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Lorien
, in your latest work above you make your sheaths without folding the leather, instead stitching layers all around (excuse this non-native-english leather amateur, I assume there a correct terminology for these two basic sheath types?) I'm planning to do a sheath for a ka bar, specifically the 1271 fighter, which came with a rather poor sheath. What would be your, and other thread contributors, like
RayseM
's et al, suggestion for such a knife, considering the massive guard et c? The basic ka bar type leather sheath with that "reverse" belt loop perhaps? I'm unsure, and not totally convinced I like the "suede" side up on the belt loop 
baxtrom
for that type of knife I would do a similar type sheath, and make the welts thicker so that gives you a more open throat of the sheath to make it easier to return the knife back into the sheath.
Gary W. Graley
- beautiful work. Have to ask - what is the weight of your leather and does that determine the stack layers of your welt - along with the handle thickness obviously? Are you only using 5 or 6oz? Love that leather knife. It obviously works very well. I know you can sharpen an edge to perfection but the I would not have guessed that that blade shape would be that capable at the task.
Lorien
- Your CUTLASS is awesome and the sheath is a worthy partner too. All those screws intended for carrying loop options? I wonder what you envision.
baxtrom
- I'm not one to advise on thread. Pretty much use one type and one thickness for now. Haven't had the courage to explore to far afield from what works now. Have been thinking about it though as I get ready for a supply update. I will read the replies/advice as intently as you.
thanks bro! I didn't think through the various carrying options for this sheath, since it was a rush job and I really just needed something safe to put the knife in, but yes those holes the screws are in are there just in case I need to built something down the road for it. The screws are there in order to provide a little extra protection for the stitching, although there's plenty of welt to do the job
Looking better and better
