Machete Sheath

[Dwight]

Now if it were saddle tan . . . full basket weave . . . with maple leaves . . . antiqued . . . 

Just kidding . . . it's great the way it is . . . and I'm much more into practical leather anyway . . . and that certainly will meet that requirement.

May God bless,

Dwight

[TomE]

3 hours ago, Thadrick said:

I love machetes and have several. A couple of my sheaths look crappie  but I had to put something on the blade because I'm accident prone. I like yours better than mine. 

Lately I picked up some cheap 4/5 suede and made a bunch of sheaths to get me by until I can make something better. 

My idea would be to put mole style  straps down the back side si I can strap it to my pack down the length? I'm still trying to brain storm on the subject. 

I have a lot of ideas that I haven't master yet but yours looks great !

Thanks.  I think I should have added more attachment points for a pack because my niece won't be wearing this from her belt.

2 hours ago, Dwight said:

Now if it were saddle tan . . . full basket weave . . . with maple leaves . . . antiqued . . . 

Just kidding . . . it's great the way it is . . . and I'm much more into practical leather anyway . . . and that certainly will meet that requirement.

May God bless,

Dwight

I have avoided leather tooling since returning to the craft, although my Tandy tools from the 1970s are sitting in my shop.  Was never very good at it and decided to instead focus on cutting and sewing for a while.  This sheath is made from the leftover belly of a bridle side.  The machete and sheath only recently arrived at my niece's house, a full month after mailing the package.  The Saint Louis mail sorting facility swallowed the package for a few weeks.  Then there was a problem with the zip code at the destination and it took several weeks to reroute the package to a neighboring post office.  All's well that ends well.  

[Thadrick]

Yeah, The one I built with a belt loop didnt make me happy. I put it on a walked around the house and almost every step it stabbed me in the calf.  Im sure if I was outbacking it sooner or later it would trip me up. 

[Haraldsson]

On 3/10/2024 at 7:31 PM, Thadrick said:

My idea would be to put mole style  straps down the back side si I can strap it to my pack down the length? I'm still trying to brain storm on the subject. 

If you have Molle 'holes?' on your pack, you could cut corresponding holes and weave the straps in and out, like it was meant to be that way...

 

On 2/4/2024 at 3:58 PM, TomE said:

Well this turned out kind of clunky, but it's the best I could come up with for this blade.

It looks kind of like a nata blade (to me). Love the sheath, no clunky in there at all!

[ThisIsMyFirstRodeo]

Your stitches look smoother and straighter than my work…

[Thadrick]

I know its been a while but I heard rumer that Ontario knives has folded so I wanted to build some nicer sheiths for my machete's. 

 In my previous coments I mentioned my idea of putting a mole type of strap down the backside but then I thought I could put some belts down the length too? 

 On a couple, I put a D ring top and bottom so I can use a sling as an option also? 

Im fairly happy with a couple of them but I think Im on the right track now? Maybe someone else might find this usefull or even take my ideas and expand on it. 

[TomE]

Those are good looking sheaths!  I like the straps and multiple points for attaching to a person, saddle, etc.

[Thadrick]

Now I'm thinking that maybe a pouch for a file could be incorporated into it, might be a good idea also?

[rleather]

Awesome work! I really like the darker one.Thanks for sharing

[dikman]

Pretty fancy work for a machete. Has a sort of Steam Punk look about it.