You guys wanna see some "Kick Butt" sheath work

Robert Hankins

Robert Hankins

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Gary Brommeland has been making custom Gunleather for many years and he is now venturing into knife sheaths. This is my first sheath with Gary and I am impressed. Truly a professional master craftsman. The pics speak louder than my words do, but they hardly do it justice. All aspects of this sheath are flawless I was blown away.
There are more pics in My available link in the signature.
Judge for yourself.
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I will be posting some pics of Bagwell style sheaths Gary is doing for me. His leather work is truly outstanding.
 
Robert, That is indeed a nice looking sheath IMHO. Understated elegance. And your knife handle is one of my favorite designs: a finger index groove followed by a semi-pistol-grip curve for the rest of the hand. It's easily indexed, secure, comfortable, and adapts well to forward/saber or reverse grip. Sweet! :)

Allan, IIRC that retaining system was used by Eagle a long time ago. I was introduced to it when Busse used it for a few of their sheaths as well. It is flexible (in how you choose to wrap around or strap across the handle with the cord) and easily field-repairable if the cord gets worn or cut.
 
I first saw that retainer when Brommeland made the sheaths for the earliest of the Becker Machaxes....long before they were Blackjacks and at that time they sported wood grips and a parkerized finish.

I think Eagle made the sheaths later for the Machax....was it an idea that came from Gary or vice versa?

Gary's sheaths are serious and combat tough...I am excited that he has stepped up to the plate and is making them. Now if you order a custom knife from a maker that is fortunate to equip it with a Brommeland sheath...I can guarantee that your excitement of your new purchase will be doubled....as the sheath no longer becomes an accesssory to the knife.

Now I really have to work to bring my knives up to match the standards of the sheath!
 
Hey Guys!
Thanks for your kind remarks. As far as the history of that particular retaining system goes, I designed the Machax sheath back around 1985 or '86. Ethan (Becker) and I played around with a bunch of prototypes until we came up with this method. If memory serves, I think that this particular tie-down was his idea, but I'm not certain. We tried several systems along the way.
 
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