Bear Grylls Knife Sheath

[Palacki808]

I made this sheath for my brother's brush knife. The sheath that came with the knife wasn't bad, but he wanted something more functional. A pouch on the face sheath for the sharpener and other stuff, a loop for a leg tie and a loop for a fire rod. Things that were not on the original sheath.

It took me a while because things had to be stitched in a given order so I didn't make things difficult and or impossible to stitch properly. I tried something new with this. Instead of burnishing the edge with a slicker, I tried a wool wheel with some beeswax. Worked okay on some edges, but not others and I'm not sure why. Now I need to get this thing out of my house before I start to notice mistakes and general sloppiness. Otherwise I'll keep trying to clean stuff up and never get it finished.

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[Killerkaney]

It looks okay dude.

From the photos it looks as tho the pouch is much bigger than the blade, was there a reason for that?

Would you consider wet moulding the pouch part and sewing it on in one piece? it would stick out less and you could do it with a single row of stitching and no cuts.

Also I would try and make the top and bottom loops out of the back of the sheath and fold it over and stitch thru if you see what I mean. To tidy up the rear and make it smooth so nothing rubs.

Did you bevel the edges some of the still look quite square. This would help the slicking / waxing. Or edge kote in a contrasting colour like black maybe.

Just my opinion hope it helps.

Happy leathering !

[Blazin]

Good looking sheath, keep building things in leather. You have talent. Just improve with every piece you build. Oh and my opinion DON'T use edge kote burnish all edges!

[Palacki808]

The sheath is a little wider than the blade to accomodate the pocket. The pocket itself was made to fit a certain model compass and knife sharpener that my younger brother has become stuck to for hiking. When I say he's stuck to it I mean likes those products enough that he has a few new in the package just in case anything happens to his and doesn't want to use anything different.

To answer the other question. Yes, I could have wet molded the pocket. However, I don't have the experience to do that yet. I've tried wet molding on two occasions and both had less than good results...both times I just ruined a good piece of leather. Hopefully some day I will be able to mold leather with decent results.