i was commissioned to make a leather sheath for very own biker, of this parish, now this is a little special as this was passed down to hime by his father who sadly passed away, he cut his finger on this knife when he was a little boy, and has a lot of sentimental value to him, so i wanted toi make something a little special for him, we bounced a few ideas over for quite a while and i tried to steer him down this rout as its a lovely knife, and in the end he gave me free rain on this, and i love it when a customer gives me that sometimes.
he also sent me the existing sheath with this, and asked for me to incorporate it in the new sheath, as then the old sheath that it has lived in all these years would always be with the knife.
so what i done i put an inlay of the sheath i with the new one, and made a frog out of the rest to complement the sheath, now on this particular knife the handle shape is very different to most and a sheath makers knight mate as it very uniform and quite fat, there is no guard, so i could not put a retention strap across the front and he did not want a strap that wrapped around the middle of the handle, so with this in mind of i went to the drawing board, to see what i could come up with, i made the retention strap for it, so that it is elasticated and just slips over the top, which works like a dream and something very different that i had not seen before.
i also made him a little toggle for the frog out of some giraff bone.
i hope you like it.
IMG_3525 by lucky_lee, on Flickr
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IMG_3545 by lucky_lee, on
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IMG_3547 by lucky_lee, on
IMG_3549 by lucky_lee, on
IMG_3540 by lucky_lee, on
IMG_3555 by lucky_lee, on
IMG_3563 by lucky_lee, on
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bowie leather case with frog and giraffe bone toggle i made. by lucky_lee, on Flickr
he also sent me the existing sheath with this, and asked for me to incorporate it in the new sheath, as then the old sheath that it has lived in all these years would always be with the knife.
so what i done i put an inlay of the sheath i with the new one, and made a frog out of the rest to complement the sheath, now on this particular knife the handle shape is very different to most and a sheath makers knight mate as it very uniform and quite fat, there is no guard, so i could not put a retention strap across the front and he did not want a strap that wrapped around the middle of the handle, so with this in mind of i went to the drawing board, to see what i could come up with, i made the retention strap for it, so that it is elasticated and just slips over the top, which works like a dream and something very different that i had not seen before.
i also made him a little toggle for the frog out of some giraff bone.
i hope you like it.
IMG_3525 by lucky_lee, on Flickr
IMG_3537 by lucky_lee, on
IMG_3539 by lucky_lee, on
IMG_3540 by lucky_lee, on
IMG_3545 by lucky_lee, on
IMG_3548 by lucky_lee, on
IMG_3547 by lucky_lee, on
IMG_3549 by lucky_lee, on
IMG_3540 by lucky_lee, on
IMG_3555 by lucky_lee, on
IMG_3563 by lucky_lee, on
IMG_3561 by lucky_lee, on
IMG_3563 by lucky_lee, on
IMG_3571 by lucky_lee, on
bowie leather case with frog and giraffe bone toggle i made. by lucky_lee, on Flickr