My latest sheath

[Zimba]

Hi

This is my latest sheath.And my first tray with snake skin inlay.

The knife is a Andrew Garrett blade with desert ironwood handle, the

sheath is dyed black with a rattlesnake skin.

LJ

[John D Dennehy]

Nice piece LJ.

I would be interested in seeing the belt loop and how you did it. Here is just an observation for what it's worth. The knife looks to be loose in the sheath. There is no hilt to really strap in. You might think of a pouch style for this type of knife.

Another way to use the keeper is with a pin lock. Kenny Rowe started doing this log ago so it's not something I thought up. My customer asked for a horizontal sheath for his favorite knife. The knife has no hilt or anything else to mold around. He wanted something unique. This is what I came up with for him. The pin goes into the hole directly behind the choil of the knife. The snap keeps it there. Not that I have all the answers but you want the sheath and knife to become a unit.

That's my two cents worth. I'm not knocking your work just offering a different approach.

[Warren]

Hey LJ nice looking sheath! The inlay work looks really good.

John I have to say that is a very innovative way to secure a knife in a sheath. Thanks for posting it.

Warren

[tonyc1]

Nice piece LJ.

I would be interested in seeing the belt loop and how you did it. Here is just an observation for what it's worth. The knife looks to be loose in the sheath. There is no hilt to really strap in. You might think of a pouch style for this type of knife.

Another way to use the keeper is with a pin lock. Kenny Rowe started doing this log ago so it's not something I thought up. My customer asked for a horizontal sheath for his favorite knife. The knife has no hilt or anything else to mold around. He wanted something unique. This is what I came up with for him. The pin goes into the hole directly behind the choil of the knife. The snap keeps it there. Not that I have all the answers but you want the sheath and knife to become a unit.

That's my two cents worth. I'm not knocking your work just offering a different approach.

What part of the knife is the Choil? It's a word I'm not familiar with.

[SCOUTER]

Tony, From the web "Many knives have a small "choil" (a small diameter cut out) at the back end of the sharp edge, which makes it easier to sharpen the blade. It allows you to sharpen the entire edge without damaging either the stone or the knife." Hope that helps..

[tonyc1]

Tony, From the web "Many knives have a small "choil" (a small diameter cut out) at the back end of the sharp edge, which makes it easier to sharpen the blade. It allows you to sharpen the entire edge without damaging either the stone or the knife." Hope that helps..

Thank you,Scouter. We never stop learning,do we?

[Romey]

Techniquely a choil is a strength thing, Anymore its a asthetic thing and often i see it in the lineage of whats known as a "spanish notch" going back to Italian,Spanish and Portugal bladesmiths of the renaissance period. Though i have seen musuem peices from much older and far vaster cultures that had a Choil.

As Scouter said it does allow easier sharpening but this is just a side effect. The dropped edge allows the Ricasso of a blade to remain full thickness at the plunges.

Some decorotive notches have religous porposes such as a Kukri of the Gurka tribes of India.

I beleive that English and early American bowies retained this and double guards (Quillion) from the above mentioned southern european sword schools such as Ingrenalli that started out being somewhat of a blade catcher as I have seen very very old text of some spanish sword schools showing it caught with the Choil and Quillions locking up a opponents blade.

[Skipknives]

Hay Lars,,Looks good

[Zimba]

Hi Skip

Glad you liked it.Sorry can´t post pictures off the belt loop don´t have the knife it´s sold.

Lars J