Double knife sheath

[bladegrinder]

I never made a double knife sheath and don't really recall ever seeing one and I had my fingers crossed the whole time I made this that it would work and look good.

this is going to be donated to the Safari Club for their annual fund raiser.

the knife set is a camp knife with a 5" blade of CPM154 stainless with Desert Ironwood scales, black G10 bolsters red G10 liners and nickel silver pins and lanyard hole.

it's mini me brother is a skinner in the same material with a 3" blade.

the sheath is 7 oz. Herman Oak, Fiebings light brown and black dye with black thread and a light coat of Resolene.  Thanks for looking!

 

 

Edited October 17, 2023 by bladegrinder

[Hags]

Looks pretty good. Nice work! I did a double for 2 custom knives a while back.

[Cattleman]

Pardon my ignorance... But I'm very curious how you shape the leather to hug the contours of the handle. Ive never built a sheath that the handle enters the sheath,  but I really like the way they look done that way.

[Gezzer]

Fine looking blades as always !  How does the welt work if you don't mind me asking ?

[bladegrinder]

1 hour ago, Hags said:

Looks pretty good. Nice work! I did a double for 2 custom knives a while back.

Thanks Hags!

[bladegrinder]

51 minutes ago, Cattleman said:

Pardon my ignorance... But I'm very curious how you shape the leather to hug the contours of the handle. Ive never built a sheath that the handle enters the sheath,  but I really like the way they look done that way.

Thanks Cattleman, after the sheath is done I dip it in water for about 5-10 seconds they open it a little with my fingers and push the knife in. once it's in where I want it I put in in a heavy plastic bag, pull a vacuum and form it real good with a piece of polished antler. I really don't think the vacuum is needed for knife sheaths but I use it anyway because it's available, then take it out and leave the knife in for about 20 min. pull it out and put it in a PID controlled toaster oven at 150 for 45 min. or so, flip it and leave another 45 min or so. it comes out hard but still has some flex on the sides.

The hopeful part for me is going in the first time, I put a hump, or cam in the welt that the finger choil rides over then snaps into the sheath, this one worked out good but sometimes I have to use a partially taped up rat tail file to lower the cam point so the knife will get by it.

[bladegrinder]

30 minutes ago, Gezzer said:

Fine looking blades as always !  How does the welt work if you don't mind me asking ?

Thanks Gezzer, I have a welt running between both knives and along the cutting edges but that's only where they are. I almost used three layers and just cut out where the knives were going but I wanted to try and keep it thinner and lighter.

And like I told Cattleman there's a cam on the welts that when done right, the knife goes in a little tight, then when it goes over that cam it's...snap, good and secure!

[Gezzer]

13 hours ago, bladegrinder said:

Thanks Gezzer, I have a welt running between both knives and along the cutting edges but that's only where they are. I almost used three layers and just cut out where the knives were going but I wanted to try and keep it thinner and lighter.

And like I told Cattleman there's a cam on the welts that when done right, the knife goes in a little tight, then when it goes over that cam it's...snap, good and secure!

Thanks !  I was wondering if  you had used 3 layers ,  the  cam thing is a great idea . Again  ..... NICE WORK !!

[Ddat]

I love that. Nice work on the fading, too.