Wooden Sheath

[Kepis]

Made a start on making the sheath for the knife i built the other day, the sheath is made from Beech to match the knife scales.

Knife retention is by way of a rare earth magnet which ive glued in subsurface, it should be more than adequate to hold the knife in place as im not planning on using this as a neck or belt knife.

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Just waiting on the glue to dry overnight and then tomorrow to the belt sander we go.

 

[crosslandkelly]

Looks good. The magnet is a good idea.

 

[g4ghb]

Is looking good so far - I have used magnets in the past to hold in sheaths and they work well

 

[Janne]

Ingenious to use a magnet!
Am I allowed to steal our idea?

 

[Kepis]

Cheers guys, Janne, fill yer boots, not my idea by any means

 

[Hammock Hamster]

Very nice indeed but I am curious- is the magnet flush or slightly recessed? I ask as I would be worried about the magnet scraping along the blade and leaving scratch marks! I’m sure you have already thought of that but can’t quite tell from the photo.


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[Kepis]

Very nice indeed but I am curious- is the magnet flush or slightly recessed? I ask as I would be worried about the magnet scraping along the blade and leaving scratch marks! I’m sure you have already thought of that but can’t quite tell from the photo.


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The magnet is recessed and is sub surface, the blade shouldn't touch it.

 

[Robson Valley]

1. Glue-ups are always exciting = good things are about to happen.
2. When the blade is pushed and pulled past that magnet a number of times,
do you think there will be any change in the magnetic signature of the blade steel?

 

[Kepis]

More than likely it will add some sort of magnetism to the blade over time, will be handy to find that needle when you drop it in the leaf litter i guess

 

[Muddypaws]

Looking forward to seeing how this turns out. I do love a strong neodymium magnet, and have used them before in wooden sheath inserts.

 

[Mike Bowler]

If it works out like your leather sheaths it will be good, looking forward to it been finished

 

[Kepis]

Got the sheath finished off this afternoon, very simple styling which i think suits the overall build nicely;

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and as i thought someone would ask how secure the knife is, i took this short video on my phone, its certainly secure enough for me

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Been a really enjoyable build process.

 

[rich outdoors]

Very nice. The magnet is a good idea, not sure I would have thought of that or worse I would have probably thought of it once I had the sheath put together.

Atb,

rich.

 

[crosslandkelly]

Turned out very well, nice job. You've given me an idea for my Yew handled Mora now.