Some Holsters and Sheaths by an Amateur Leathercrafter

[Buzzard Bait]

Plain and Simple for single action .22.

 

Sig P220 .45 cal. A large frame to hold in your hand!

 

.40 cal. Glock with lazer light Paddle holster.

 

Back of paddle holster.

 

 

This.......

caused this problem.......

Which was solved by this........I hope!

 

 

Old Bowie knife, not treated too well, but has a new home.

 

Another old knife, refurbished.

 

This sheath has belt loop on the back for vertical or horizontal carry,

as well as eyelets for a strap for over the shoulder carry.

 

Comments and questions are welcome. I am still learning the craft.

Two comments on the Karambit sheath.......one, the edges were trimmed down to a minimum due to overall size because the customer wants to carry as a left handed crossdraw. Two, there is a liner inside the sheath to prevent the blade from cutting the leather or stitches.

Regards,

Buzzard Bait

 

[dikman]

Looks good. I'm not surprised you had a problem with the claw blade.

Now, this is just me, but on the Sig holster you have some right-angled stitch lines around the trigger area, I reckon it would look neater if you curved the stitch line. It wouldn't make it any stronger but aesthetically I think it would look better.

[garypl]

I like the different knife sheaths, especially the one with the knob that goes through the hole in the handle - very clever design!

Inlays look good as well.  What type leather did you use for most of these sheaths?

Gary

[Buzzard Bait]

dikman, I agree on the stitch line. The photo was a prototype; the customers holster has a curved stitch line moved closer to the frame.

 

Thanks for the kind words garypl. The customer is right handed, but wants to wear the knife on his right side for a left handed cross draw. IMHO a snap arrangement would be hard to release and a thumb release would be hard to configure for a cross draw arrangement. The little finger goes into the hole in the handle as the knife is withdrawn from the sheath, pushing the knob out of the way and releasing the knife. The purpose for the hole in the handle is to keep the users finger gripping the knife to keep him/her from dropping the knife.