Randall knife sheath

[Leathershark]

Just made this sheath for a customer. It fits a Randall 14 attack knife. comes with sharping stone and leg tie. has 2 straps to hold knife secure. The blade sits in a raised slot so the guard does not push against the belt loop. Has Brass Chicago screws to make sure it does not come apart at the top and where the guard rest. 

[DieselTech]

Nice work. It looks great. 

[AlZilla]

A worthy sheath for a Randall. I'd be interested in how you slotted the blade away from the back.  Early on I made a sheath for a Ka-Bar and ended up letting it rattle around because of the width of the guard.

[Bert03241]

Nice sheath

[bruce johnson]

Great job and clean work! I have a soft spot for Randall sheaths. Right now I am in a limited advisory role in the leather shop and most of the after-work time is spent in the tool shop. Once I retire from the day job then I plan do a few fun projects besides tools. A sheath for my Randall 1-7 is probably first up.

[Leathershark]

19 hours ago, AlZilla said:

A worthy sheath for a Randall. I'd be interested in how you slotted the blade away from the back.  Early on I made a sheath for a Ka-Bar and ended up letting it rattle around because of the width of the guard.

That is easy. just use  10 to 12 ounce leather, try and get it the same distance as the guard to the blade. Skive this piece about 1 inch down to 2 ounce. 

This piece is width of the sheath and about 3 inch long. Put your welt on top of it, then put your cover on top of that. This is then put on the back part of the sheath. You now havw a slot that the blade fits in. If you want a picture let me know.

 

[Brokenolmarine]

I WISH I could get my stitching to look like that.  I am learning my Cowboy 3200, but on many projects, I don't trust myself with the machine and still hand sew them.  Beautiful Work.  I wanted a Randall when I was in the Corps... My wife said we were having KIDS intead. 

[AlZilla]

2 hours ago, Leathershark said:

That is easy. just use  10 to 12 ounce leather, try and get it the same distance as the guard to the blade. Skive this piece about 1 inch down to 2 ounce. 

This piece is width of the sheath and about 3 inch long. Put your welt on top of it, then put your cover on top of that. This is then put on the back part of the sheath. You now havw a slot that the blade fits in. If you want a picture let me know.

 

Essentially, you made a tapered spacer and put it in behind the blade, at the top?

[bladegrinder]

That looks great!

[Leathershark]

6 hours ago, Brokenolmarine said:

I WISH I could get my stitching to look like that.  I am learning my Cowboy 3200, but on many projects, I don't trust myself with the machine and still hand sew them.  Beautiful Work.  I wanted a Randall when I was in the Corps... My wife said we were having KIDS intead. 

Randall is cheaper. lol

[Brokenolmarine]

58 minutes ago, Leathershark said:

Randall is cheaper. lol

And doesn't smell as bad... LOL.

Four kids and seven grandkids later, I AM qualified to agree with BOTH statements.  When the First kid was born while stationed in Hawaii I sold my Ovation Custom Legend Guitar and hard case, plus a matched pair of Pythons and Zero Haliburton Aluminum Case to buy all the Jenny Lind furniture the wife had to have.    I love the kids, all of them, but I miss those sequentially serialized Pythons. 

Edited December 31, 2024 by Brokenolmarine