Sheath knife

[olfart]

I added a tapered welt to my sheath for the same reason.  My knife handle and guard are too thick for the knife to sit flat in a sheath.  Here's what it looks like.

 

[D2G]

Thank you every...

That's I do for the momment, (attached pic). This days I don't have many soul and don't wanna make mistakes. Well, I was also thinking all about and I will make a basket weave and a carved boar footprint.

[Gabriel Rasa]

I've done many welted sheaths that address the exact problem you're talking about -- if you want the handle to lay flat against the backing, you need a layer of leather the depth of the handle, that goes between the blade and the base to act as a riser. You do wind up with a lot of layers, but it fits the knife like a glove, and if you want it to taper, you can always skive the layers down as you go toward the tip (a belt sander is very helpful for getting a smooth gradient on this) -- or just be lazy and let it stay massive all the way down.

Looking a bit worse for the wear after a few years, but here's one the first ones I did:

Edited October 23, 2018 by Gabriel Rasa

[battlemunky]

That looks really well done @Gabriel Rasa.