Marbles "Cowboy Knife" sheath question.

robinpeck

robinpeck

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I have a Marble's "Cowboy Knife" with sheath. This is the made in USA original, not the Chinese copy. It has a belt loop on the back (that results in a high position for the knife on the belt), but a sort of frog stud on the front. What is the purpose of the stud? Can someone explain to why the sheath is made this way? As far as I know this is the way the sheath came when NIB. I assume it is a copy of a 19th.c original but I don't understand why it is made this way.

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On larger knives, like big bowies, that stud would be so you could stick the sheath behind your waist belt, and it would not slip out under the belt. Your knife seems to short for that. It might be for a "Frog" like Europeans used for their bayonet scabbard. It would go around the sheath, have a hole in the front that the stud would go thru, and have a belt loop, which would allow for a lower carrying position of the knife. John
 
I was going to say it reminds me of a gun holster, the kind that slips into another 'holder' that a stud keeps from sliding down. I've also seen knife sheaths made that way.
However this seems to be for behind the belt like Mr. Larsen said, so that it doesn't slip down.
Kinda like sheathless 'pirate' knives have a button or hook near the hilt so that they don't slide down/through the belt.
Interesting design.
I also prefer high ride sheaths but the lack of a retention device bothers me.

Nice knife BTW!
 
Bout a two minute job to make a bowtie retention strap for that guy.
 
robin peck, Scroll down to the link "Whatcha Been Up Too" and look at #709 posted by Ebbtide, and you can see how he made a "Frog" that slides up over the sheath, and the stud goes thru a hole or slot in the "Frog" so as to give the sheath another option for how it is carried. John
 
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