Magnetic Knife Retention

[Obnepec]

Hello all,

I am making my first sheath in quite awhile and am thinking of doing a magnetic retention. So I would embed a magnet behind the knife inside the sheath. Has anyone tried this? Any suggestions?

[Tree Reaper]

I use an earth magnet on my pruning saw case.

It's a plastic case and the magnet is on the back of the case.

The magnet will erase the magnetic strip on credit cards.

[electrathon]

I just made one today for my round knife. First question, is the knife you are making the sheath stainless and if so, is it magnetic? Some stainless is.

Use rare earth magnets, 10 for $3 at Harbor freight. You have to stack up some leather. The normal welt. Then a very thin layer of leather. Next a layer of leather as thick as the magnets. Punch holes on this layer for the magnets. Next a top layer of leather. Glue it all together and sew around it like a normal sheath. You can use magnets on both sides of the blade or just on one side.