Liner for leather sheath

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SRWeldon

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Hello folks! I'm wanting to make a leather sheath for a couple different knives that I have and need some information. I've been reading about liners for inside the sheath and cant find much information about what to make the liner out of. I've read a couple of places about using kydex for liners. I dont want to use kydex inside my leather sheath so is it ok to not have a liner inside a leather sheath? Any info is appreciated. Thanks.
 
Yep I've made a couple gillion unlined leather sheaths. They seem to be working.
 
I’m no expert but in the ones i’ve made you shouldn’t really need a liner as long as the blade doesn’t have access to the stitching
 
I line ever thing I do with leather of some kind. if you look at some of Paul long sheaths you can see some of the very best . Paul's videos are a good place to get stated if you want to line your sheaths
 
I appreciate the responses guys. They are fixed blades. The knives are both Busses, 1 MOAB and 1 TGLB.
 
The knives you mentioned are meant for hard use and as such, although I leather line everything I make, I think it would not be necessary for those two knives and their intended use. I would use at least 9/10 ounce veg. tan leather because of the size of the knives and the thickness of the blades.

Paul
 
I think he was talking about a hard liner like a some puko sheaths?
 
SRWeldon said:
I appreciate the responses guys. They are fixed blades. The knives are both Busses, 1 MOAB and 1 TGLB.
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I’m a huge Busse fan, that said these are thick knives. If your using multiple layers. You could always face two inner layers towards the blade. That way the blade is against the face of the leather. I use 10/12oz and sometimes use 7 layers.
Your gonna need a vacation after making a sheath for the MOAB !!! Lol That’s a beast !!!!
 
I don't make sheaths (yet) though I have modded some so the Cold Steel edge destroyers can't dull my edges and or just put their knives in sheaths that don't dull the edges.

Two vague points :
What ever the basic Mora sheaths are made of is good material. I think it is just medium soft plastic. Well it's pretty hard come to think of it but it doesn't tend to dull my edges.

The other material I even hesitate to mention because it is so obvious; the slip on chef knife edge covers that just look like flat folded tacos of black plastic. One might even saw up one of those to fit right in. And if they can get the flat unfolded material so could you. That stuff works.

For what it is worth; my two cents is . . . I think the right kind of knife sheath would suspend the blade away from the sides of the sheath so it can dry if damp and there is no chance of the edge being dulled from the sheath material or debris that has gotten trapped in the sheath.

Good luck.
 
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One more question, if I use a snap or button to hold the knife in the sheath wont there be some metal on the inside of the sheath that could scratch the knife? Like if I use a strap over the guard and have a button on the front side of the sheath wont the back side of the button be inside the sheath up against the knife?
 
SRWeldon said:
One more question, if I use a snap or button to hold the knife in the sheath wont there be some metal on the inside of the sheath that could scratch the knife? Like if I use a strap over the guard and have a button on the front side of the sheath wont the back side of the button be inside the sheath up against the knife?
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Yes and no, depends on how you install it. There’s quite a few way ways to do this. If you want it more towards the centerline of the sheath. You’ll have to line it, cover it or sandwich between layers.
 
I glue a piece of 1-2 oz tooling leather on the back of the stud to prevent this. Gorilla super glue works well for this but if you use too much it will saturate the very thin leather and harden the surface, preventing oil or other finishes from penetrating.
This can be avoided altogether if you line the sheath, just install the snaps first and let the liner cover them on the inside.
 
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