Knife Sheath Pattern

[drman63]

ChrisS pm me and I will go over a fold over sheath and how to fit it. I have 3 knivs I just finished and have to make some sheaths. It's really not difficult but you can make it hard by embellishment ESP at first.

[Cameroo]

Here's another tutorial that helped me on my first sheath.

http://www.beebeknives.com/html/make_a_sheath_tutorial_-_detai_0.html

[Cyberthrasher]

That's a pretty good one. One common thing I found was that most of the tutorials out there are for that pouch style sheath, which wasn't what I, or that customer, wanted. Also, I couldn't get over the fact that most people expose the flesh of the leather for either the belt loop or the back of the sheath. It seemed like they were always making a compromise that required flesh to be shown somewhere.The tutorial that I posted was the only one I could find that addressed both of those issues. It's a little more work (and therefore a little more confusing at first), but I think the finished result is just that much better.

[DavidRM]

I have made a few knife sheaths that turned out well.  These have been fitted without a significant guard on the knife.   I am making my first knife sheath for a knife with a significant guard so I will need to add a fastening strap to the sheath.    I am thinking about placing a snap above the bottom (blade edge) guard and running the strap over the handle to the snap.    The image of Stohlman's sheath the strap begins where I would place the snap and ends at the center of the sheath over the knife blade.    I know some folks don't like the snap end facing towards the front of the knife - easy for the strap to get caught during normal forward movement.   I see many knives use a center snap - in the fashion that Stohlman recommends against so even though Stohlman recommends against this many knife sheaths are made this way.    I don't see any sheaths with a snap above the back guard and a strap running to it - like I am thinking about doing.   I am sure someone else considered this - Can someone explain the reason for this?   Yes, I would have to extend the knife sheath back further to allow space for the snap - that should not be a problem though?