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The rivet is there because they dont glue that portion down and the rivet is holding it together. The mil-spec version is glued in place and stitched along the sides.

Thanks Malabar. I appreciate your observations. I am also of the mind that rivets are unnecessary in a well stitched sheath but added them to more closely mirror the original SOG sheaths from the Vietnam era. The original sheath also has the strap coming in from the left side. There are advantages and disadvantages that's true but at least I won't accidentally cut it off this way

Yes, its very grippy. Though its highly polished I treated it with Obenaufs so sticks in the hand quite well. Thanks Michael, its the 3rd kabar sheath I made and the 6th knife sheath overall.

Thanks. The hardest part I found was trying to source the rivets that are called for in the govt specs. On this version I used staples but have made a few post WWII sheaths with the round head rivets.

Thanks. With every sheath I learn something new, good and bad

Made another for the Bark River MACV SOG knife, was happy how it turned out:

I have always liked the Kabar Mark 2 knife but the leatherwork was always sub par. I couldn't find anyone making a decent reproduction of the WWII sheath so decided to give it a go at making my own. Here is how it turned out: