Stingray Inlaid Drop Leg Knife Sheath

[DavidsonLeather]

Hi all, I had customer ask me to make a drop leg sheath for a very large bayonet knife he'd found while in the army in Germany. He also wanted it to carry a sharpening stone and a fire starter. Immediately I thought of those 80's Rambo style survival knife sheaths you see with the little pouches tacked to the front, and I shivered at how vulgar they look. The knife has a rather wide hand guard piece which immediately gave me an idea. Well you can see from the pics. I made it from 3.5mm leather, blue stingray leather, and finished the edges with a two loop Spanish edge lace. Due to the overall thickness I had to drill all the holes one side then the other, then all the way through, as I don't have a bench drill. The extra half buckle piece, is so he can remove the drop leg system and convert it into a standard belt only sheath.

[papadanny]

Nice idea for the pockets. Much sleeker if that big hog leg could be sleek:)

[MonicaJacobson]

Ha, that's a sweet sheath. Kind of hilarious (because it's so big), kind of awesome.

[silverbullet]

Now that's a knife croc Dundee got nothing on you. His behind the back carry tho made it a quick pull option I like it the inlay sets it off well very nice job looks good and should hold up well too. Again nice job . Gary