Tomohawk sheath

[jsroye96]

Hi everyone,

I made a tomohawk sheath for a friend of mine, he did not want any shine to it, so I just put neatsfoot oil on it at this point. I left off the acrylic resolene. Tell me what you think please. Always room to improve and I have gotten better because of your critiques. Thanks.

[BillB]

jsroye96,

Nice sheath. It is my experience from camping in Canada that there are two types of sheaths you can make: the style you did where it comes up the handle and snaps over the head; or the one that comes down from the top and snaps under the head. The first kind is best if it is to be carried on a belt. The second kind works well if it is carried in loops on the back pack. The one thing you should be careful of is making sure that the edge is unlikely to penetrate the sheath edge. Some folks prefer to put metal rivets alone the edge along with the stitching. while others will add either a wood gusset or thick leather gusset that the edge would it before getting to the stitching. Also the tighter and closer that part of the sheath is to the blade itself with restrict movement of the blade or head and restrict any penetration through the sheath. A loose fitting sheath will allow movement and the greater the movement the more velocity and thus force the head would have before striking the sheath edge. The other thing to consider is which side the customer plans to ware the sheath. This will determine which side of the blade you place the belt loop since you would want to have the blade pointing backwards. This protects the wearer during forward falls since the butt of the axe would hit rather than the blade. Things to consider when designing the next one.

BillB

[bentley]

Nice job, next time consider molding the wet leather around the tool to get a tight fit and add a single layer of leather between the two sides along the blade edge.