Rawhide Dog bones knife sheaths

[4570tc]

anyone ever use a rawhide dog bones for the material? HOW big of a piece can YOU get from a LARGE bone?

 

[BrownBear]

Yup, but buy several big ones. Soak em down, and you never know what's going on inside. Might be another big hunk, but often it's just a bunch of itty bitty scraps.

 

[Black Hand]

anyone ever use a rawhide dog bones for the material? HOW big of a piece can YOU get from a LARGE bone?

The ones I've use end up being about 8 inches wide by about 2 1/2 feet long. As previously mentioned, the inside is usually filled with scraps.

I soak them in the bathtub, and once I can get them opened, I staple the rawhide to a board to dry flat.

 

[crockett]

They are okay but the rawhide is usually very thin. Crazy Crow sells rawhide to use for ceremonial shields and it is very thick and you can usually get two good sized sheaths out of it. It comes with one side painted white and you have to scrape off the white paint.
I just had to have a rawhide sheath. Figured that was pc. It's okay but leather isn't as hard as a rock. Leather has some stretch or give and IMHO really makes a better knife sheath. I've made maybe 6 rawhide knife sheaths. They are okay but I've sort of decided I like leather better.
On beaver tail sheaths- I know they were around in the cowboy era but I'm trying to find an earlier reference in the mountain man era. The scales on a beaver tail make a sort of neat looking sheath. Most are the whole tail- sort of over sized unless you have a dag. I was thinking of folding a tail in half lengthwise to make a more streamline sheath.

 

[Rifleman1776]

They are okay but the rawhide is usually very thin.

I have soaked and softened a couple but they came out very thick and not a consisten thickness. Word of advice: do not let set in water too long or they will stink. :barf:

 

[nwtradegun]

tried it once. stuck worse the a skunk

 

[smo]

I only used them for a liner inside a veg tanned sheath it worked great :thumbsup: but did smell like the north end of a south bound :dead: when wet

 

[Black Hand]

I've never had a problem with any odor. It isn't fantastic stuff, but it does work well as a liner.

 

[GreyWhiskers]

I had the same experience that Rifleman had. Mostly very thick and uneven. Didn't work well for lining a knife sheath or wrapping a knife handle. Lone Hunter turned me on to some goat rawhide. Thin but worked really well. It might be available from Jantz Supply. GW

 

[pab1]

anyone ever use a rawhide dog bones for the material? HOW big of a piece can YOU get from a LARGE bone?

Just saw a large (probably 30"+) rawhide candy cane dog treat at Wally World. You should get a decent piece of rawhide from that.