First knife sheaths

[hotfxr]

In a moment of weakness and armed with an Amazon gift certificate, I bought a couple of knives that I was told would be more period correct than what I usually carry (I didn't know there weren't any switchblades in 1830) and they were most affordable. The Condor camp knife came with a sheath that did not come close to fitting the knife and the sheath for the Russell Green River Hunter was more than the knife itself so it came without one. I tore apart the camp knife sheath, got rid of the studs and stitching, cut it down to a better fit and punced a lot of holes and tied it together with some leather laces. Made the belt loop from an old belt and tied it on. As soon as I find the right looking button, I will tie on a lanyard to hold the knife in place. The hunter sheath I made from an old piece of leather that we used for padding on wood clamps. There is no belt loop yet as I am not completely sure how I am going to carry it. I am leaning towards tying onto the strap of a shooting bag (which is my next challenge) so it is always easy at hand. When out camping, hiking, hunting, whatever, I have always carried my knives on pack straps or rifle slings.







I treat the laces and the leather with oilskin proofing wax, keeps them waterproof and makes lacing my double twist knots a lot easier.

[woody]

Look'n good hotfxr.....fun making your own gear ain't it! 

[gunmaker]

you can't go wrong with those blades.  The big butcher knife was very popular back when, so were Grn. rv.'s  I carry only a Grn. rv. skinner myself, bout 35 yr. give or take a few.   good work.    Tom

[pilgrim]

     Very nice

[hotfxr]

you can't go wrong with those blades.  The big butcher knife was very popular back when, so were Grn. rv.'s  I carry only a Grn. rv. skinner myself, bout 35 yr. give or take a few.   good work.    Tom

I am hoping that the camp knife will be a thrower. Nothing I already have seems to be the right vintage.

[Dogshirt]

That camp knife is NOT a throwing knife! What you will end up with is 2 pieces of knife. Throwing knives are made for just that purpose and are tempered differently than cutting knives. At the very least you break the handle, but most likely the knife itself. There are a number of throwing knives out there from TOW or Crazy Crow to name just 2. They are not expensive and it will spare you the breaking of a good knife.

[hotfxr]

That camp knife is NOT a throwing knife! What you will end up with is 2 pieces of knife. Throwing knives are made for just that purpose and are tempered differently than cutting knives. At the very least you break the handle, but most likely the knife itself. There are a number of throwing knives out there from TOW or Crazy Crow to name just 2. They are not expensive and it will spare you the breaking of a good knife.

Thank you. I will check them out.

[Papa]

Did you put gussets into the sheaths to protect your lacing from the blades? Also, you can leave one side of your unstitched, unfolded pattern longer and then fold it over and stitch it to what will be the backside of the sheath. This will give you an integral belt loop. Sometimes these knives were thrust through a belt with either a built in hook or a short lanyard used to secure it to the belt.
Mark

[hotfxr]

Did you put gussets into the sheaths to protect your lacing from the blades? Also, you can leave one side of your unstitched, unfolded pattern longer and then fold it over and stitch it to what will be the backside of the sheath. This will give you an integral belt loop. Sometimes these knives were thrust through a belt with either a built in hook or a short lanyard used to secure it to the belt.
Mark

On the wrapped side I used a narrow strip of belt leather to keep the blade away from the lacing. I originally did do what you suggested about the leaving the pattern longer, then decided I didn't like how it looked and cut it off planning on fastening it to a shooting bag strap.