New Sheath

[katsass]

I make very few knife sheaths, however, this is a departure even from the few I have made. It's for a 'collector' knife made by Herman Schneider, and made so that the blade barely touches the inside of the sheat, if at all. Made of 5/6oz outer shell, with a 2/3oz lining, a 14oz welt, and hand stitched. Had to use the wooden pattern to mold it. There's more to this type of sheath than for a standard working knife than I ever knew.. Mike

Edited March 22, 2012 by katsass

[Josh Ashman]

Nice work Mike, do you want to share how you attached the arrowhead???

Best regards, Josh

[PL01]

That is one classy looking sheath Mike

Some good knapping on that obsidian. Something else for me to try.

Will we get to see it with the real knife??

[gringobill]

Another great looking piece Mike!!! That's also a pretty fancy wooden model, did you make that too? Looks like it's made out of walnut or some other fancy hardwood!

Bill

[Ferg]

Mike,

From one old codger to another, that is great work. Your hand stitching is superlative as well as the design.

ferg

I make very few knife sheaths, however, this is a departure even from the few I have made. It's for a 'collector' knife made by Herman Schneider, and made so that the blade barely touches the inside of the sheat, if at all. Made of 5/6oz outer shell, with a 2/3oz lining, a 14oz welt, and hand stitched. Had to use the wooden pattern to mold it. There's more to this type of sheath than for a standard working knife than I ever knew.. Mike

[katsass]

Thanks to all for the compliments;

Josh: The arrowhead is set into a cut-out in the shell and epoxied to a 1/32" piece of birch plywood which is sandwiched between the shell and lining.

PL01: Yes, this is second sheath requested by the knife maker. He got the first, which has a three dimensional snake inlaid instead of the arrowhead. He got it away from me within an hour of my finishing it, so no pics were taken by me. He has promised to take a few after he, the knife, and sheath, return from the Knife Expo in Pasadena, Ca . this weekend where he is showing it (them). The knife is of stainless steel with a 6 5/8" blade and Sambar stag scales for the handle. When I deliver this to him I'll get a pic of the knife in this one also. The arrowhead was knapped by one of us old farts living out here in the desert about 40 miles from me --- he does great work.

Bill: The wooden knife is the pattern for the actual blade. Made by the knife maker from some fairly nice walnut.

Ferg: Thanks. I appreciate it. The design was a bit of a problem in that I wanted no 'bell' or 'bulge' in the width of the thing around the handle portion after molding. After three trials I finally figured out that the welt had to be eliminated in that area, and the leather belled out just enough to be able to pull back in after the hilt was molded. Never had to solve that sort of problem before.

Again, thanks to all. Mike