26/02/2012 · One of the most overlooked aspects of a knife is its sheath. Sheaths are extremely important because they not only provide a means for carrying your knife, but sheaths they also protect the blade from being exposed to the elements of nature and getting scratched.

06/09/2018 · Traditionally leather has been the most popular choice for sheaths for fixed knives. Leather won’t scratch the blade and it is slightly flexible. In addition, a knife will hardly move inside a leather sheath and it won’t affect the sharpness of the blade as much. You do, however, need to maintain leather. If your leather sheath dries out it could crack.

12/08/2020 · Get it right and you’ll have an easy way to make a knife sheath! For small to medium-sized knives, use leather with a thickness of 3.2 mm – 3.5 mm. This has the right balance between work ability and sturdiness. The leather should be touch to fold, but not impossible. If you’re making a sheath for a large knife, you need to use thicker leather.

Knives that have hollow pins in the handles can have sheaths made with a thumb-break style retention. This is where the back of the sheath comes up just past the first hollow pin in the handle, and a copper or other metal rod is placed so that it fits into the hole. You push the top of the sheath away to release the knife.

Softening your leather knife sheath is a necessary care process to keep your leather knife sheath from cracking and tearing and it keeps the leather nice and supple. Just make sure too not overdo this, softening your leather knife sheath too much will make it become too moisture-filled and might affect your knife blade when you place your knife in the sheath.

The knife illustrated is one from our range with a blade length of 95mm and a bolster size of 20 x 33mm. To get a good fit you can soak the sheath in a little warm water for two or three minutes. This will help the fit, always wrap the knife in cling film to protect the steel.

A scabbard is a sheath for holding a sword, knife, or other large blade. As well, rifles may be stored in a scabbard by horse riders. Military cavalry and cowboys had scabbards for their saddle ring carbine rifles and lever-action rifles on their horses for storage and protection.