KaBar sheath question

[KaBar sheath question]

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.

[SOG Bowie style sheath]

On 10/17/2017 at 10:09 PM, malabar said:

That is a VERY nice piece of work.

Two thoughts: The rivets are unnecessary, and might even shorten the life of the sheath. 

Also, if you reverse the  side that the safety strap sits on, it can be popped off with your thumb without having to shift your grip on the handle.

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  

[Kabar Sheath]

On 10/19/2017 at 6:42 PM, battlemunky said:

Semper Fi brother! Thank you for you and your grandfather's service. My son is a submariner, well he's working his way through nuke school still, so not quite yet, but soon will be.

 

@DRE66 that sheath looks great and far better than the factory sheath. Cleaning up the handle looks good too. Is it grippier than having the handle unpolished?

Yes, its very grippy. Though its highly polished I treated it with Obenaufs so sticks in the hand quite well.

On 10/19/2017 at 6:17 PM, MichaelT said:

That looks great. You did a really good job on it and it shows that you've done your homework and have had a little bit of practice.

As a former Marine- the "Knife, Fighting, Utility" has a special place in my heart. My grandfather was a submarine sailor during WWII and I have his that was issued to him and followed him home. In his words "They gave all of us one on one of our trips through Hawaii."

Thanks Michael, its the 3rd kabar sheath I made and the 6th knife sheath overall.

[Kabar Sheath]

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.

[SOG Bowie style sheath]

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

[SOG Bowie style sheath]

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

[Kabar Sheath]

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: