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Why a Modern Classic sheath?

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I received a knife in trade and it came with a 'modern classic' sheath. I've been wearing it for a couple of days and it's like I have a canoe paddle at my side. Is there some benefit for this style of sheath? Is it a 'one size fits all' cobble? One of the sites that sells them says they are a remake of an early 1900s sheath; was it a sheath for a knife or a spatula? Just wondering if I'm missing something.
 
I am going to go out on a limb and say that is is probably more of a universal type sheath, or in other words universally doesn't fit anything. It would probably work ok for camping, hiking etc where it could be stuck in a backpack.
If the sheath is not to your liking you could have one custom made by one of the many providers here in leather or kydex for a reasonable fee I'm sure.
 
I've ordered another sheath but I was trying to learn if there was a reason for that shape of sheath 100 years ago. Maybe for a Nessmuk?
 
That's just one of the hundreds of shapes of sheath from 100 years ago. v8r is right, it's a universal shape, made to universally fit nothing, and/or anything. It's vaguely shaped like the Nesmuk and also similar to the "Mountain Man" or "Trapper" styling from the frontier days where the sheath was nothing more than a loose fitting pouch made from whatever was available.

This modern version is clicker cut and machine stitched (neither of which is bad). It does facilitate VERY quick assembly taking about 10 minutes from start to finish because of the simplicity of the one size fits all design. I feel pretty safe in saying I could without a clicker could make one in under 15 minutes.

An inexpensive serviceable product..................their goal met.

Paul
 
Yep I was gonna say it'll fit about a bunch of different Green River blades I have. Most of these folks would identify these blades as mountain man or trapper type knives. Your copy does look fairly well built.
 
It is a nice piece of leather, branded "KSF Leather" on the back. It just has about twice as much material as it needs for the blade I have.
 
I agree. I'm always for as compact as possible. I liked your canoe paddle description.
 
Always hated that style of universal fit sheath, although that is better than the usual horrid machine stitching that usually goes with those bark river sheaths.
 
You could use it to spank your children or whack a horse into a run. Or smack your goat on the nose or, or, or....

Some mention a "green river", "mountain man" or "trapper" style knives, I'd say that's exactly what they were for, back then.
 
One of my first thoughts was that it looked like something a gym coach would have for discipline. (Ours had a long-handled ping pong paddle thing made out of metal.)

I would think that back in the early 1900s people would be more inclined to make their own sheath than get a store-bought one size fits all.
 
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