Dawg Chew Knife Sheaths

[Pete44ru]

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I ran across this idee, for knife sheaths, and both thought it'd be of interest here, and that I'd try it on the Cherokee Bowie clone I bought last Winter.

The sheaths are made from a rawhide chew-bone treat, from a local feed or pet store.

Soak the chew for a couple days until pliable, then just drew up a design, cut to shape, and stitch it up using tarred hemp marline cord.

After drying, give it a good coat of Kiwi brown shoe polish.


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[necchi]

Been there done that, (using dog bone rawhide)
Nice job at fitting, :wink:

 

[DOUBLEDEUCE 1]

I like the way both of those turned out. Great fitting too. :thumbsup:

 

[Rifleman1776]

Looking good. Keep the dawgs away. :wink:

 

[crockett]

I soak the chew-toy rawhide, unwrap and use brads to tack out on a piece of plywood, etc. It is sort of thin stuff. You can buy a drum cover from Crazy Crow and scrap off the white paint and you have a really thick chuck of rawhide for a heavy duty sheath.

 

[crockett]

Pete: good job. On your next sheaths consider buying some sinew and use that for the edges. You can do a sheath that size with about 3 pieces of sinew. It is pretty easy to use. Keep one end of the sinew dry- that makes it stiff enough to run through the holes in the leather (Make the holes with a steel awl). Soak the rest of the sinew. When you get down to the end of one piece lay the tag end (say 1") along the edge and feed in a new piece- the tag end of the new piece also lies along the edge (next to the old piece). As you wrap the new section of sinew it will go around the two tag ends and lock them in place. When the stuff dries it is pretty tough depending on the diameter of the sinew thread- you can split it as fine as you wish. Use real sinew- the fake stuff frays and is actually more difficult to use.

 

[hoochiepapa]

Those are some fine looking sheaths (and knives)!
I've made some, but am too embarrassed to show.
Good work!

 

[Claude Mathis]

I like your stitching, but I found that my stitching wore out quickly from abrasion if wrapped around the outside of the sheath. Now I only do straight stitching.

Old example to illustrate:

 

[Rifleman1776]

Those are some fine looking sheaths (and knives)!
I've made some, but am too embarrassed to show.
Good work!

Show 'em. Really, back in the day, 'stuff' was made to be functional, not showy. We can learn from all ideas others have tried.
My favorite holster (for a modern suppository revolver) is one I made myself from scrap leather. Not pretty but works exactly as I wanted it to. Beauty is often in the function.

 

[4570tc]

I have been looking for a different sheath, Thank You!!

 

[BillinOregon]

Pete: Great project. The lower sheath looks as though you burnished the rawhide for a smoother look; did you?