A simple knife sheath with no leather working tools.

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6 жыл бұрын

Thought I would make a sheath for the old Western Fields knife that my good friend MCK done a restoration on.
Its rough but it works.
/ mckwilly

Пікірлер: 95

@julieanddavidmyers6641 3 ай бұрын

Easy straight forward approach. NICE shop too with everything in its place!

@BluegrassBushcraft 3 ай бұрын

Thank you, sir. God bless.

@tonywatford4291 5 жыл бұрын

I think you did a fine job sir. I love the rustic look with the sinew.

@BluegrassBushcraft 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks bro. Sorry for the late reply but I'm just seeing some of these recent comments. Thanks for watching and God bless

@RudolfSadolino 5 жыл бұрын

I think this looks great! And much more relatable than a lot of these sheath videos on KZfaq.

@BluegrassBushcraft 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks bro. I'm just a common man with common tools and try to keep it cheap. God bless

@MrBearbait75 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome job man! Looks good and functional as well. That's all ya need!!

@BluegrassBushcraft 2 жыл бұрын

The only thing I recommend different is unless it's for a stainless steel knife use a good vegetable tanned leather. The crome tanned leather I used for this is hard on a carbon steel blade. Thanks for watching and God bless.

@fieraci8500 2 жыл бұрын

I’m looking to make a simple knife sheath so I came to KZfaq. Lo and behold, I am looking to make one for this exact knife.

@BluegrassBushcraft 2 жыл бұрын

The sheath worked well but I did learn to be careful when selecting the leather. Use a good oil tanned leather for carbon steel knives. If you use the cheap leather tanned with other chemicals and such you will have to maintain the knife more often. It's not good for long term storage. It will cause the carbon steel to rust and pit. Thanks for watching and God bless

@darnelljohnson5313 5 жыл бұрын

This is just what I needed to see. If it works like it should, then its great. I would be proud to have a sheath like that on my side

@russel2352 4 жыл бұрын

A no bs functional sheath. Enjoyed video.

@BluegrassBushcraft 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching. God bless

@cliffott9946 Жыл бұрын

Good job. I think I learned a few things!

@BluegrassBushcraft Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, and God bless.

@timwaddell7499 2 жыл бұрын

I think you did an awesome job!

@BluegrassBushcraft 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I appreciate you watching. God bless.

@sergedenovo2389 19 күн бұрын

Great job!

@BluegrassBushcraft 19 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching, and God bless.

@KentuckyWoodsman 6 жыл бұрын

Nice job Robert! That turned out really good.

@PureFlyCastingNZ 3 жыл бұрын

Nice work, that turned out really well.

@olblu8746 2 жыл бұрын

Great job.

@BluegrassBushcraft 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks and God bless.

@doinsngoins 3 жыл бұрын

I think it is awesome Robert! 👌

@wallaceviviansadventures2095 6 жыл бұрын

great job Robert,love it,like the stitching to

@BluegrassBushcraft 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks my friend.

@charlietango1635 6 жыл бұрын

Well, you clever old sod, that looks great Robert.

@BluegrassBushcraft 6 жыл бұрын

Hey Ray. Great to hear from ya. Nothing like your work for sure.

@bonnie8441 6 жыл бұрын

Good Job Robert.Nice to see you used a decent size clasp.

@BluegrassBushcraft 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching.

@BigCrazyOutdoorAdventures 6 жыл бұрын

Thumbs up! MCK does some nice work. I️ don’t have all the tools to do it either so if I️ was going to make one it would probably be just like this. So thanks for sharing your experience.

@BluegrassBushcraft 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks bro. MCK is a great hand and craftsman for sure. If you make a sheath be sure to share it us.

@MITimberwookie 6 жыл бұрын

Turned out great! We'll done Sir.

@BluegrassBushcraft 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks bro. Good to hear from ya.

@LarryVickery 6 жыл бұрын

Looks great, Robert!

@BluegrassBushcraft 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Larry. How ya doing?

@TheEdrichard 3 жыл бұрын

That works; perfect for the knife you showcased.

@BluegrassBushcraft 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks and God bless.

@joesneon 6 жыл бұрын

Great job Robert!!!!!

@BluegrassBushcraft 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks bro. Good to hear from ya.

@RangerKooky 6 жыл бұрын

It's looking good there thank you for that share

@BluegrassBushcraft 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks.

@CarolinaChrisOutdoors 6 жыл бұрын

Looks good to me! Nice job Robert!!!! ---Chris

@BluegrassBushcraft 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Chris.

@benjaminw7528 6 жыл бұрын

looks good Robert fine job

@BluegrassBushcraft 6 жыл бұрын

Great to hear from ya my friend. Looking forward to Ironman.

@dcordry 6 жыл бұрын

Nice! Thanks for sharing.

@BluegrassBushcraft 6 жыл бұрын

Good to hear from ya.

@user-il6zh9we3b 8 ай бұрын

Nice enough, it works

@BluegrassBushcraft 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching, and God bless.

@RangerKooky 6 жыл бұрын

And you just added something to my poor man leather video thank you for showing me how to make a simple knife sheath

@BluegrassBushcraft 6 жыл бұрын

You don't need all the fancy leather tools. You don't even have to have the drill press. You can use a hand drill or a punch. A hammer and a nail will put a hole in it.

@BOHEMIANHUNTINGCLUB 6 жыл бұрын

Looks good Robert!!

@BluegrassBushcraft 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching.

@NeoWolfsOutdoorAdventures 6 жыл бұрын

wow. that came out nice. nothing wrong with simple.

@BluegrassBushcraft 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you sir.

@dustinfordyce6492 5 жыл бұрын

Damn good for the first time

@DeanO 6 жыл бұрын

I like it my friend

@BluegrassBushcraft 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks my friend. Not near the quality of your work but it was for an old knife anyway.

@terryw.milburn6414 6 жыл бұрын

By Golly, Robert; I don't see a single thing wrong with the outcome of what ya did, Great Job, Brother & She's stylin 'Ole-Skool High-5's Friend ! ATB Ter God Bless

@BluegrassBushcraft 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Terry. Just having a little fun in the shop before the cold sets in.

@oldschoolwithamoderntwist6074 6 жыл бұрын

,, i like it i like it a lot,, you do good work, thanks for sharing,,,

@BluegrassBushcraft 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

@BluegrassBushcraft 5 жыл бұрын

Not factory but it went from almost unusable to a working tool again. God bless

@gregknight293 5 жыл бұрын

............No need to fret over lack of skills on that sheath....Looks great. I knew the pattern of oak leaves/acorns looked familiar on your old sheath.....I have an old Western Fields knife similar to yours I bought at Montgomery Ward long ago....still have it.....ATB

@garrettferrell6821 2 жыл бұрын

Looks like a perfectly good sheath to me.Im lefty so I have a bunch of knives that I rarely get to carry.Ive been wanting to get some good sheaths for them but the one size fits all type of sheaths are often a let down and buying custom made sheaths are expensive.I don’t care to spend a couple hundred dollars on a good quality knife but I hate having to turn around and spend $50-$80 on a custom made sheath right after..that gets expensive..I may either buy some leather and try to do as you have done here or buy a few sheets of kydex and make a kydex press and try my luck..Im not crazy about the polymer sheaths that came with my some of my ESEE knives but atleast they are ambidextrous..I’m not crazy about the sheaths that came with my Mora knives but atleast they are ambidextrous..the ambidextrous sheaths they came with my Gerber Prodigy and Gerber StrongArm are decent..some of my favorite knives like my Buck 119,Bradford Guardian 4, Bradford Guardian 4.5,Bark River Aurora Scandi,L.T. Wright Genesis,etc all have right handed only sheaths.I can get a decent left handed leather sheath from Buck for about $25-$30 which is acceptable but Bradford’s leather sheaths don’t have very good retention and their kydex sheaths are like $60 after taxes and shipping..with my Bark River,Battle Horse and L.T. Wright knives I’m looking at a good $50-$80 a piece on the custom sheath market..I end up having to carry some of my favorite knives either in pack or strapped to my pack which works but I would much rather be able to carry them on my belt

@BluegrassBushcraft 2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like you have a really nice collection. If you like knives that much and are putting that kind of money in them I would definitely buy some leather and give it a try. I hadn't done much of it for a while until recently and a friend has been teaching me to tool leather and I have made a couple that turned out okay. On one I started and cut the leather backwards and it would have been for a lefty. In this video I used cheap scrap leather out of a bag from hobby lobby but I don't really recommend it for anything other than using it to practice with because it is cheap. It is most likely crome oe chemically tanned and can cause a good carbon knife to rust and corrode. Once you start making one for a good knife use a good vegetable tanned leather. Thanks for watching and God bless. Here is one of my tooled sheaths I recently tried. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mtB3fbqZ1d60oJc.html

@mckwilly 6 жыл бұрын

Heck of job Robert, I'm gitting ready to tackle a couple of sheathes for knives with the wood ya gave me, the wood makes all the difference, did a vid on the knives

@BluegrassBushcraft 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mark. Had to have something to carry it in so I could show off your work.

@mckwilly 6 жыл бұрын

BluegrassBushcraft was thinking you had a sheath for it...lol, looks great bud

@coyote238 6 жыл бұрын

Looks nice to me.

@BluegrassBushcraft 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks bro. Any word on the next Ironman yet?

@johnrackley1903 5 жыл бұрын

Nice Job!!!

@BluegrassBushcraft 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching.

@BluegrassBushcraft 5 жыл бұрын

Just a heads up. If you make one for a carbon steel knife use vegetable tanned leather. The one I made is out of chrome tanned leather from the local craft store. It will rust a well oiled carbon steel blade in a short period of time. I learned this the hard way. It does work well with stainless steel.

@JohnCapps 6 жыл бұрын

That'll work.

@BluegrassBushcraft 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks John. Nothing near as nice as your work but will work for an old knife,

@TylerSnyder305 5 жыл бұрын

Well I can tell that it's not a factor western model 48a, but it does look like a good job was done.

@1joshjosh1 24 күн бұрын

👍

@tomritter493 6 жыл бұрын

Great work ! Robert for a first timer it came out great take care brother Hey how's Chatswood doing haven't been able to get hold of him ?

@BluegrassBushcraft 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Tom. I haven't heard from him lately.

@danielcarbajal7222 5 жыл бұрын

Wow this was excellently made considering no leathering tools. Can you please tell me the glue and the thread you used please? Thanks. Well done on your project

@BluegrassBushcraft 5 жыл бұрын

Just rubber cement and the thread was a waxed twine found in the leather section at Hobby Lobby or any craft store. Thanks for watching.

@calebanderson2303 5 жыл бұрын

For sheath making you can buy better leather don’t get it pre dyed it a bit more expansive but it’s worth it to buy leather that comes from a bull of a certain type of cow they tell you at any leather store but it’s much tougher than normal leather

@gunterbecker8528 11 ай бұрын

😅u a good tinkerer

@krillestoferr5495 Жыл бұрын

video starts at 2:33

@cliffvaughn7378 3 жыл бұрын

Good job works for me , I have one with a sheath I maid in Boy Scouts when I was 14x and is about warm out and when I get time will make one about like yours, where did you get the leather

@BluegrassBushcraft 3 жыл бұрын

Sorry just found this comment. I get my leather at Hobby lobby.

@christinamarks4219 4 ай бұрын

What is the glue he used?

@fishingunboxingsandreveiws7226 6 жыл бұрын

When I shoot with my scoped rifles I don't need my glasses. They screw up everything.

@Chunkofbrass 3 жыл бұрын

what kind of glue are you using?

@BluegrassBushcraft 3 жыл бұрын

Can't remember the brand but it's a standard contact adhesive rubber cement found at most box and craft stores. Can be found near the school supplies at Walmart.