Finally made a sheath for my homemade knife

[spandit]

Wasn't that proud of the knife I made and after some discussions with people on the recent Sussex meet, took a grinder to it and reprofiled the grind. It's now much sharper, still a convex grind and thick enough for serious batoning. I also reshaped the handle a bit and after some tung oiling last night, it looks much better. With a belt that I'd found in a charity shop for £1, I made a sheath for it - punched the holes by nailing it to a plank with panel pins - took a while but it's double stitched with button thread so should be strong enough. The belt was already embossed with that pattern, so I can't take credit for it. Not a terribly good photo as my background wouldn't stay still!

 

[g4ghb]

Looks good mate and I must say that is the best background I have seen for a long time!! - 'moving? who me??'

 

[Shotgun]

Nice work. I like the look on your pups face.

 

[Thenihilist]

I like that dude but you need to disengage the bladeage from the sheathage so we can also admire the sharpage.

P.S

That dog is evil dude i just spent 10 minutes staring into it's eyes, or was the dog staring into mine :O freaky

 

[blacktimberwolf]

Good idea making the sheath from a belt...............I can understand the worry in your dogs eyes,uppy_dog....... it's awfully near his you know whats :yikes:

 

[Black Sheep]

Looks good and nice use of the pattern.

Love the back ground

Richard

 

[spandit]

Thanks, I know I can't carry a fixed blade but does the law say my dog can't?

Will post pictures of the blade soon

 

[silentpaddler]

Nice work. Is everyone on this forum a master leather worker except me? For the past decade I've been using a chunk of PVC conduit for a sheath so
last month I finally got around to making one out of leather, photos of which will never ever be shown...

 

[spandit]

Nice work. Is everyone on this forum a master leather worker except me? For the past decade I've been using a chunk of PVC conduit for a sheath so
last month I finally got around to making one out of leather, photos of which will never ever be shown...

I bought a belt with the pattern already embossed, cut 2 bits & then cut the sloping bit for the blade. I then hammered lots of little nails through it to make holes which were threaded with strong, um, thread. Hardly a master leather worker!

Rubbing it with tung oil gave it a lovely finish & made the leather softer - I had it hanging by the wood stove in between coats

 

[Hammock]

That looks great. I hope my first sheath turns out so good.

 

[mrcairney]

Just goes to show that Big Al was wrong and dogs can indeed look up.


(sorry for the random Shaun of the Dead reference, nice work!)