spoon knife sheath

[Edd-UK]

posted this on BB but thought you guys might like to see it too.

http://www.britishblades.com/forums/showthread.php?t=16959

It was late and i had a bit to drink when i got an idea for a pouch for my spoon knife, 30 min later i had made this =

the stiching isnt perfect, nor is the finish but its more than adequate for protection of gear and spoon knife

The little welt was put in to help relieve the leather being pressed in to the blade.

so what do you think??

i couldnt find any other designs for a spoon knife, are the any?

thanks for looking and comments

 

[Ahjno]

K.I.S.S.

You understood it I find it brilliant in simplicity. And imagine you had the idea after a drink ... Now - get me right: I'm not advocating you should drink more!!!

A tad bigger and with another small section gives you a leather protection wrap for all your wood carving bits and bobs.

Thumbs up!!

 

[leon-1]

Edd, that isn't a bad idea at all, it has ceratinly given me a couple of ideas to work with.

I can see why you put the insert in, if you hadn't it wouldn't of been long before the edges of the crooked knife started working through the leather.

Just an idea, but if you make a second one make the foot of the sheath like a box, this will relieve the stress on the edges of the crooked knife blade even more. You could also waterform the leather a little with this method so it held the knife securely, but at the same time protected the blade.

Only thoughts. On the whole mate a very good idea that is as Johan mentioned in keeping with the principles of K.I.S.S. and functional too, good effort

 

[Edd-UK]

thanks guys

i think if i were to do this again i would just add one more piece of leather into the welt.

i did think about a box and wet forming but -

box to complex- has to be simple and small as possible
leather is a bit of nubuck so it dosent wet form very well, its very soft and supple.
i wanted it simple and rustic looking- its just so the spoon knife can be thrown in with the rest of the kit, not to care about looks just function.

oh forgot to mention- the blade/ welt area has been coted in ren wax to keep the blade rust free and to ease removal.

 

[bushtuckerman]

wow! i love the design. good effort. if you don't mind i'll be making one for mine shortly i've been wrapping mine with cloth and an eleastic band a right pain...

just need the leather now...damn.

 

[Edd-UK]

wow! i love the design. good effort. if you don't mind i'll be making one for mine shortly i've been wrapping mine with cloth and an eleastic band a right pain...

just need the leather now...damn.

no i dont mind at all, make sure you get supple leather tho.

 

[bushtuckerman]

okey dokey

 

[Fiddleback]

I love it. Its so primitive. Good plan and execution. Simplicity is underrated. :You_Rock_

 

[Lifthasir]

Fiddleback - I like your no nonsense approach. I actually think there is a
knack to achieving simplicity - in many way it is much harder to achieve
than complexity. To me, simple design always means clarity of thought -
a rare thing.

 

[Fiddleback]

Thanks Lifthasir, but I can't take credit for simplicity in tool design. Look at the Mora #1. That knife is one of the finest tools in the world (IMHO), can be had for ten dollars and consists of 3 parts. Thats good design. I think part of the romance in knives and sheaths is the aincient nature of the craft. I really like this sheath because of the simplicity and its aincient looking nature.

 

[Chopper]

Nice work, I like that.

I had a go at this head scratching subject last year, and this was the end result http://www.bushcraftuk.com/community/showthread.php?t=6917