Horsewright
threads in the sheaths subforum. If I made one that nice, I'd have mailed it to Paul Long an hour ago...I have a knife ready for a sheath. Only I have no idea what kind of sheath to make for this one.
What kind would you make?
(leather only, no kydex)
Thnx, good idea.
Haven't you learned yet never to ask Dave that question??? I don't think he understands what "a pic" means....
I think I'd go with a dangling type, if it were my call- it can just hang around, or can be tucked in the pocket to keep it out of the way.I have a knife ready for a sheath. Only I have no idea what kind of sheath to make for this one.
What kind would you make?
(leather only, no kydex)
Ya bet! The belt loop is 1.25 inches wide and 4.5"s long when I cut it. I wet the loop and pre fold the bend while wet so as not to crack the leather. While damp I stamp my makers mark on the belt loop near the fold. I skive the unfolded end for about 1.25 inches to about 50 percent. I make a bunch of belt loops all at once and just keep em on hand. The welt is just on the bottom side of the sheath. I'l dampen the sheath to fold it over in half. While its wet I use a Sharpie to draw around the outline of the knife. I leave enough room for the blade and the handle but want it fairly tight at the top of the cam of the Loveless style welt, maybe 3/8s of an inch maybe a little tighter. Once I have this mark made I go over it several times with a rounded stylus. This transfers a dark mark to the exterior of the sheath which tells ya where your stitching line on the welt is gonna be. I do the line about 3/16s to the outside of that line so I can make sure the stitching will stay on the welt. I then place the sheath outside to dry if its sunny as I don't like to glue or stitch while damp. Its a three step sewing process to do one of these sheaths. On the back side about an inch from the mouth of the sheath I'll glue on the folded part of the loop and then stitch it in a box pattern. After I use a saddlers hammer thats dressed very clean and tap down the interior stitches. I'll then fit the welt to my Sharpie line and glue it in. I'll then glue the two sides of the sheath together, sand and then mark my stitching groove. I will stitch the upper part of welt at this time and then I'll mark and glue down the bottom of the loop. I glue it off set towards the tip of the sheath about half the loops width. So in other words the center of the loop will be glued down over towards the tip about half its width. This allows the sheath to ride slightly canted up. Third sewing step is to sew the bottom edge including the belt loop. I make this sewing groove about a 1/4 in from the edge as some folks put a lot of wear and tear there and that distance seems to help. Finish your edges and ya be done. I do bake in the oven all my sheaths after wet molding but thats a different story.
Very true, but not everybody has a automobile trunk to transport the 30-pack. Some folks only have enough room to carry one at a time.
My fishing adventure always are three day /two night/ I must sleep dressed and ready to jump on bite alarm. Normal sheath is no go for that , I can t sleep on that side so I make it like RayseM posted .BUT I don t like how it bouncing when i need to run........!!! This horizontal one will solve all that .......Now i need to make one !
Why ya think cowboys always drive trucks?
I’ve been thinking on doing a tutorial covering them.
Just add an extra belt loop near the bottom so when you are in speed mode you can pass your belt through the 2 loops and have a horizontal carry. You can do that with a stitched loop or make it removable with a chicago screw type arrangement. Best of both worlds.
