Sheath Making Books-----

[raysouth]

I happened to be browsing/searching the net a bit today and decided to see what publications were available for sheath making.

Was surprised to find that there was not much available.

Making Leather Knife Sheaths, volume 1, by David Holter and Peter Fronteddu was the only thing I could find that addressed the topic.

Anybody know of other books that have been done on this subject?

Hope there is more out there and someone will be able to head me in the right direction.

God Bless.

Ray

[camano ridge]

Ray, I have been making sheaths for a long time and looking for books on the subject just as long. Beside the one that you have listed ( I have that book) the only other thing I have found in written text is Stohmans Art Of making cases Volume one. He has some basic sheath patterns and discusses the basics of making sheath. There are several tutorial that are decent. It comes down to the fact that there are just a few basic styles of sheaths that are made. Once you make a couple of sheaths you can make pretty much any style. If you havethe knife you can draw your own pattern and build the sheath from there.

If you are looking to make a particular style of sheath and need information let me know I may be able to help you out. Also if you are interested in tutorials let me know I have put together a list of links of what I think are helpful sheath making tutorial. ALso Paul LOng has some good how to videos as does Chuck Burrow.

[Troy Burch]

Dusty Johnson has a video but I don't know about a book.

[camano ridge]

I have Dusty Johnsons video, forgot about that one.

[Troy Burch]

Chuck Burrows has a dvd if you want fancy ones.

[raysouth]

Howdy Y'all,

Thank you for the information and Scott, any links would be appreciated. Now hope to find Chuck Burrows and any others I can find.

Troy, how do I find that dvd? I do want to take a "stab" at making some extraordinary sheaths and need tons of ideas to get me on the way.

God Bless.

Ray

[camano ridge]

Ray, here is dusty johnsons video ZackWhite sells it as does many of the knife supply companys. You can order Chucks videos directly from his site. http://www.wrtcleather.com/tr-books/books-1.shtml#sheaths If you want some inspiration look through his gallery while your there. Iwill post a list oftutorial this afternoon i am on my way out the door right now.

Edited February 8, 2015 by camano ridge

[zuludog]

I borrowed this book from the library ages ago. Mostly knife making, but I think it also had a section on sheath making

Step by Step Knifemaking by David Boye

Not books of course, but there are lots of videos on YouTube, just put 'sheath making' into the search box

This website & forum has a section on sheaths. Also the sections on completed knives often include pictures of the sheaths, for some inspiration

http://www.britishblades.com

This company is a supplier of blades & materials. They have some tutorials on their website

http://www.brisa.fi

[Troy Burch]

Ray, the fannanater posted the link to Chuck Burrows on your other post.

[camano ridge]

It's also posted in my post #7 on this thread.

Ray, here is a list of tutorials. There are many of them out there however these are ones I have personaly viewed and thought they were well done and informative.

http://www.britishblades.com/forums/showthread.php?22249-Scandi-Sheaths-My-Way

http://bensbackwoods.blogspot.com/2009/09/need-sheath-make-your-own-by-jim.html

http://beebeknives.com/html/make_a_sheath_tutorial_-_detai_0.html Shows rifle scabbard in first picture but is for knife sheath.

http://dcknivesandleather.blademakers.com/ click on knife info (menu on left)

http://www.wrtcleather.com/1-ckd/mexloop/_mexloop.html

http://www.britishblades.com/forums/showthread.php?123804-Stitchless-Scandi-Sheath-Mk.1&highlight=stichless

http://demo005574.hgsitebuilder.com/sheath-tutorial

http://www.beebeknives.com/html/make_a_sheath_tutorial.html

http://www.artofmanliness.com/2013/09/10/how-to-make-a-sheath-for-a-knife-or-anything-else/

http://www.survivalresources.com/Articles/Leather_Sheaths.html

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/903109-How-I-make-a-pouch-sheath-(tutorial)

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/765547-Sheath-making-tutorial(Pic-intensive)

http://ronkulas.proboards.com/thread/40

http://prepforshtf.com/make-custom-leather-survival-knife-sheath/#.VNfCvF917zY

http://www.northcoastknives.com/northcoast_knives_tutorials_LeatherSheath.htm There are several sheath making tutorials on this site.

https://nordiskaknivar.wordpress.com/2014/05/03/stitchless-scandi-sheath-by-juha-nikki/

http://primitiveways.com/pt-knifesheath.html

There are also a bunch of you tube tutorial just search for how to make knife sheaths. Also almost all of the knife makinf forums have a section on sheaths.

This should keep you busy for a while.

Edited February 8, 2015 by camano ridge