How to close a sheath without using snaps?

[crazytailorlady]

Good morning everyone,

I am making a sheath for a foldable knife. This is my first attempt and I've been doing research and noticed that the most common way of securing the flap that closes the sheath is by using a snap. Now, I don't have these available and I don't know how to install them so is there a way to acomplish quick (relatively) closing and release with another method?

[fredk]

Sew a strip of leather across the sheath, Sew just the ends, Make a long flap that comes down over the knife handle and slips behind that strip. 

[crazytailorlady]

  On 8/16/2022 at 8:09 AM, fredk said:

Sew a strip of leather across the sheath, Sew just the ends, Make a long flap that comes down over the knife handle and slips behind that strip. 

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Perfect, just what I needed! Thank you 

[Dwight]

  On 8/16/2022 at 8:34 AM, crazytailorlady said:

Perfect, just what I needed! Thank you 

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Actually . . . I make a similar sheath for a lot of my friends for our cell phones . . . and it could be easily redone for a knife.

Don't bother with the outside piece of leather . . . just make the back piece long enough . . . and the interior wide enough . . . that you can fold the back strip down inside the sheath . . . between the knife and the front of the sheath.

That will also allow you to fully carve and / or decorate the front of the sheath with whatever stamping or carving would suit your fancy.

I ride my zero turn mower with my phone in such a case . . . it stays put . . . 

May God bless,

Dwight

[chuck123wapati]

a pancake style doesn't need a strap tension holds the knife in place.

[chuck123wapati]

  On 8/16/2022 at 2:15 PM, chuck123wapati said:

a pancake style doesn't need a strap tension holds the knife in place.

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oops posted someone elses work instead of my own but it is a nice style and work all credit to Patrick Slivka

[Doc Reaper]

Another type that doesn’t need a snap is a wet formed sheath, wish I took more pictures 

[crazytailorlady]

  On 8/16/2022 at 2:15 PM, chuck123wapati said:

a pancake style doesn't need a strap tension holds the knife in place.

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That's a good one but I would like this sheath to have a cover from the top. That's why I'd rather keep the strap.

  On 8/16/2022 at 2:08 PM, Dwight said:

Actually . . . I make a similar sheath for a lot of my friends for our cell phones . . . and it could be easily redone for a knife.

Don't bother with the outside piece of leather . . . just make the back piece long enough . . . and the interior wide enough . . . that you can fold the back strip down inside the sheath . . . between the knife and the front of the sheath.

That will also allow you to fully carve and / or decorate the front of the sheath with whatever stamping or carving would suit your fancy.

I ride my zero turn mower with my phone in such a case . . . it stays put . . . 

May God bless,

Dwight

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Interesting, thanks, I'll consider this method. 

[Hags]

I've made many of the wet molded sheaths and they work very well.