Lets see your Sheaths

[el oso]

My Lord, those are incredible. I may go back and delete my photos     Between Rons and that one at the bottom of page two I'm fealing a bit inadiquit  

[el oso]

That rawhide and randall may be the coolest thing I have ever seen!

[skullworks]

Incredible work he did, Ron! Nice, dang nice!

[sticshooter]

I was just about to ask or suggest for Ron to pull out the "big guns" of his collection...

Chuck does incredible work and does it traditional...I am a huge admirer of his work, and always in awe!    

Thank you Mr. La Clair        


Shell (on hubby's login)

[Over&Under]

Thanks Shell, I just loved the look on that little fella's face....

I got your pm, but your box was full, so I emailed you instead.

I have the pic of the knife outside the sheath, at home, and will try and post it later, whoever thought up the idea to fit the knife in the sheath like that is just plain cool!!!

I hope to have a Doug C knife someday, heard alot of things about them, and it has all been good!

Ron, that Randell / sheath combo is Sweeeeeeeet!!!

[Mechslasher]

ron, that last knife you posted is the knife i've been looking for!  are you a powderhorn man and is that a pronghorn priming horn in one of the pics?

[LC]

Ok after looking at all the awesome sheath work heres my latest, no where near you guys, but it's up a notch for me. Knife is made from a file with a curly ash handle.

 

[el oso]

I like that stitching LC. good lookin knife too.

[tomh]

Mechslasher I believe that is a Mike Mann knife, Idaho Knife works. He might be able to help you out   :D

[tomh]

here is my latest, for my personal hunting knife. I am playing with the idea of putting some brass tacks on it to complete the faux mountain man look.

[elk ninja]

Hey TomH, that looks great, I am just now coming around to the slot type of sheath like yours.  Seems very efficient.
Knife looks good good too, lets see it!
Mike

[tomh]

Elk Ninja, I don't yet know how efficient the design is, I will let you know after hunting season when I have carried it a while. I made this one to be carried either cross draw or reverse grip draw in tight on my side. It will work seated on a horse or in the truck I think :-)





I am going to a hammer in this weekend where there might be a bunch of mountain man types, so we will see if they laugh me out of the place   :D

[el oso]

I have seen this style sheath before, but am not sure how it works. dose the sheath go under the belt? I am very interested becaus I realy like the looks of this style sheath.

[tomh]

yes the belt goes over the sheath, thru the hole and out the back. It sits really tight in and high, which I like.

[el oso]

very cool.

[Lewis Brookshire III]

Here is two sheaths I just made up. I can tell Im getting better at it but man leatherworking is tough! HAHA.... I need to get some tools to make them a little fancier. Do any of you guys use anything laying around the house for tooling work on leather?

[skullworks]

I have used bolts to make a deer hoof and turkey print for tooling sheaths. You could also make a general pear shape I would think. Tandy sells a basic set of tools for around $8. I would either get a leather hammer or a heavy/loaded rubber mallet. Regular hammers will beat down and bend the tools! I double stitch all my sheaths. I also use a 4 prong punch to make the stitching holes. You can also get a tighter fit on the knives by wet casing the knives with the sheath. Wrap the knife in clear plastic and wet the sheath(I use alcohol because it dries faster) insert the wrapped knife and press the leather to mold against the lines of the knife and handle. Sometimes I put a rivet in a high stress area of the sheath. Hope this helps!

[Lewis Brookshire III]

I usually do the wetforming but I was running out of leather and didnt have any pieces big enough to leave room to wrap around the knives. I actually like this style too. I made them tight enough that the knives are not going anywhere. Here is a pic of the wet formed one I did.

 

What do I make the oear shape out of and how exactley did you use the bolts to make the deer hoof print?

[skullworks]

I used a dremel tool. I draw the deer print and then grind away what I don't want. If you had aluminum rod it would probably also work easier. Not sure how it would hold up though. I'll try to take some pics and post them.

[Nosight]

Will have to find the web site. But there is a guy in Russa that uses brass rod to make all of his tooling for leather work. Most of the stuff that I saw on his site was real good. Tandy has diferant sets that one can get over the net starting at 8 or 10 bucks and up. With the brass rods one can make any type of punch or tool.
   Later......Buzz