Knife Sheath

[electrathon]

Been a while since I posted anything. Most of my work is tooled, I made this as a more basic design for a friend. He made the knife for a friend of his and I told him I would make a shieth for it.

The knife has a major curve to it so I left part of the back open to allow it to slip in and out without binding. To keep the back stiff I inserted a layer of rawhide bet\ween the double layers of leather. Dyed it with Fiebings British Tan , oiled then sealed the leather with Dr Jacksons.

[steelhawk]

It looks good. I can't tell from the picture is there is a welt to prevent the blade from cutting the stitches. Do you have a pic of the knife itself? It looks unusually shaped.

[electrathon]

It looks good. I can't tell from the picture is there is a welt to prevent the blade from cutting the stitches. Do you have a pic of the knife itself? It looks unusually shaped.

Yes, there is a welt around the blade. The knife has a huge rotation to it that looks even more pronounced looking with it out of the sheath. I looked at the knife for a couple days before I came up with the shape the sheath is. Once I realized the knife had to go backwards into the sheath for it to work it fell in place. I don't have a pic of the knife itself with me, if I don't deliver it beofre I get home I will take a pic of it too.

[Big O]

Nice edges.

[electrathon]

Nice edges.

Thanks. I delivered it today so I was not able to get other pics of it. The edges were trued up on the belt sander then done with glycerine soap rubbed with a piece of denum. They come out nice that way.

[Trav]

Having had that problem with a couple of my knives, I really like how you handled the problem. Nice job