c2369zulu Report post Posted February 6, 2019 Hello all, Just looking for some input from others who make knife sheaths. I am working on a Ka-bar "scout" carry knife sheath as shown below and am at a point where I need to decide if I am going to double stitch around the sheath or just leave it as a single stitch. The double stitching would give more support to the welt edges closest to the knife blade, but I am not sure if it is needed. Also, because the inside stitch line is on the inside, I will lose the rounded turns at the bottom/end of the sheath and the corners will likely have to be 90 degree angles. Any thoughts? Would you still double stitch? I could just stitch two parallel inside lines without going across the bottom, but not sure how it would look. Most of the area will be covered by the belt loop and center panel attachment anyway... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JLSleather Report post Posted February 6, 2019 21 minutes ago, c2369zulu said: Most of the area will be covered by the belt loop and center panel attachment anyway... I don't know what this part means, but I usually let the second row of stitching (or not) be selected by the width of the welt. 1/4" wide welt only really room for one row -- 1/2" wide welt I might stitch on each edge. But as a rule, I'm the guy who generally recommends not double stitching unless there's a specific reason for it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
c2369zulu Report post Posted February 6, 2019 (edited) Thanks for the reply JLSleather! Sorry, I understand that statememt was not clear. The attached photo should help explain. This welt is 3/4" btw to get the width of finished sheath I wanted. Edited February 6, 2019 by c2369zulu Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GeneH Report post Posted February 10, 2019 What did you finally decide? One row or two? Pictures? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
