Raining all day today and I had a bunch of spare horse tack repair leather strapping laying around and I needed a new sheath for my Western S-H39 hunting knife. So, here's the sheath I made today. I was more concerned with durability and function than 'pretty'.
The knife is a Western S-H39, the 440C stainless version of their H39 hunting knife. The knife has a 5" blade and a full tang. The knife blade probably has a hardness of around Rc58. The date stamp says that this knife was made in 1979.
I really like this knife and I find it's blade style very versatile for a wide variety of cutting tasks. However, because of the curved blade, and it's overall shape, such as the humpback style thumbrest, this can be a tricky knife to make a decent sheath for.
A couple of notes: the pouch on the front is a single, continuous piece of leather and holds an EZE-Lap 1"x3" diamond hone; I may add a loop to hold a firetool later on but I wanted to see how the sheath would come together and carry first; the hole on the back near the tip is a water drain hole; the body of the sheath rides at a slight angle due to the shape of the blade, the belt loop is just wide enough to accomodate a standard 2-1/4" US military web belt if need be.
The knife is a Western S-H39, the 440C stainless version of their H39 hunting knife. The knife has a 5" blade and a full tang. The knife blade probably has a hardness of around Rc58. The date stamp says that this knife was made in 1979.
I really like this knife and I find it's blade style very versatile for a wide variety of cutting tasks. However, because of the curved blade, and it's overall shape, such as the humpback style thumbrest, this can be a tricky knife to make a decent sheath for.
A couple of notes: the pouch on the front is a single, continuous piece of leather and holds an EZE-Lap 1"x3" diamond hone; I may add a loop to hold a firetool later on but I wanted to see how the sheath would come together and carry first; the hole on the back near the tip is a water drain hole; the body of the sheath rides at a slight angle due to the shape of the blade, the belt loop is just wide enough to accomodate a standard 2-1/4" US military web belt if need be.
