Sheath is butterfly style pouch

[Phil]

Latest knife and sheath for a professional hunter in Texas.

Knife is High carbon steel, wrought iron fittings and mesquite burl handle.

Sheath is butterfly style pouch

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Wow! I think I might have to order one of your blades, It's absolutely stunning.

[fortysomething]

Beautiful work!

[awharnessshop]

wow that really is an insaine knife! i worked at a high end flooring manifacturer, and we delt with all types of exotic woods. I really like that handle! I made a couple edge slickers from wenge and one from ipe. I really like that knife the more I look at it!

[Romey]

Well thank you folks, The only thing I fault myself with was the border stamping but after doing this I was sat down with a good friend of mine who builds some seriously nice saddles and he schooled me with a few pointers and sorta made the dim light in my head turn on so my next one should be better yet as far as the stamping is concerned. Like I said the most imprtant thing to me is the fit. Here is another shot of the sheath and the fit.

[Skipknives]

I'm sorry i didn't see this sooner but thank you for posting it,,I like the clasic look to the entire rig

[johnny7]

Nice work on both the knife and the sheath.

[Romey]

Thank you all , much appreciated!

[Rayban]

Question Romey...on your sheath, does the welt follow along the contour of the stitching on both sides of the blade?

[DCKNIVES]

Nice work Romey, on both the knife and sheath. Rayban, I make that sheath design often and yes the welt folllows up the other side as well then is ski ved at the end. Dave

[Romey]

Yes everwhere you see the stitching is welt. The idea of a butterfly pouch sheath is to make a much more accurate fit to the blade and hence doubley secure fit. As any leather wears , its going to stretch due to use, rain weather ect. So the better the welt follows the contour of the blade the better the fit will last, I HOPE. This is my first butterfly sheath by the way, generally for this style I do a regular pouch style but certian blade shapes warrent this style over a standard pouch so I figured I may as well start here.

The one thing I hate more then anything is a loose or ill fitting sheath. I guide hunters in the fall and one time I got into a wreck horseback and as horse and I fell the knife came out landing next to me. This was no close call but it could have been a death sentance had I landed on it. Looks is one thing and I know Im still in learning of stamping and such but the first thing I made sure I learned was how to make a VERY secure sheath.