I got the idea for this sheath from this old archived Outdoors-Magazine.Com article on the making of a Dannyboy Leather sheath for a Scott Gossman PSK.
It turned out a bit over built I think. A softer flatter front pouch, more like the original, would be better but I used what materials I had available.
I just managed to resist adding a fire steel loop ....:54:and the two pouches I made one for an Acme whistle and the other for a Photon light :38:.
I'm not too used to neckers and find it not that bad when worn ,fine for weight and bulk though it'll probably be carried more often as a pocket sheath combined with a SAK maybe.
The little front pocket was formed over a wooden mold I made for making SAK pouches but used it here as the small utility pocket for the bare bones type kit.
When sewing on the pouch I left a cavity behind, as mentioned in the article, I was hoping to be able to slide a d3 sharpener in there but alas it's too tight a fit. Should of added a leather welt :34: , but that would be more leather and more weight too I suppose.
The bottle opener feature of the BK11 proved handy. A loop form a bit of the lanyard can be slipped over the opener to add a bit of extra security , the weight of the knife and sheath pulling it tight.
The BK11's handle is , roughly ,wrapped in gutted para-cord. I found getting the tension right took a bit of thought. As a bare knife or a fully wrapped handle obviously requires either more or less room to get a good friction fit so I split the difference and used gutted cord.
I was also originally thinking of adding a pouch to the original plastic sheath, got a bit of leather molded and was going to attach it with some brass bolts. I'm now thinking that it's not worth finishing just to have an extra carry option, i.e inverted carry.
Thanks for having a look.
Cheers,
Pete.
It turned out a bit over built I think. A softer flatter front pouch, more like the original, would be better but I used what materials I had available.
I just managed to resist adding a fire steel loop ....:54:and the two pouches I made one for an Acme whistle and the other for a Photon light :38:.
I'm not too used to neckers and find it not that bad when worn ,fine for weight and bulk though it'll probably be carried more often as a pocket sheath combined with a SAK maybe.
The little front pocket was formed over a wooden mold I made for making SAK pouches but used it here as the small utility pocket for the bare bones type kit.
When sewing on the pouch I left a cavity behind, as mentioned in the article, I was hoping to be able to slide a d3 sharpener in there but alas it's too tight a fit. Should of added a leather welt :34: , but that would be more leather and more weight too I suppose.
The bottle opener feature of the BK11 proved handy. A loop form a bit of the lanyard can be slipped over the opener to add a bit of extra security , the weight of the knife and sheath pulling it tight.
The BK11's handle is , roughly ,wrapped in gutted para-cord. I found getting the tension right took a bit of thought. As a bare knife or a fully wrapped handle obviously requires either more or less room to get a good friction fit so I split the difference and used gutted cord.
I was also originally thinking of adding a pouch to the original plastic sheath, got a bit of leather molded and was going to attach it with some brass bolts. I'm now thinking that it's not worth finishing just to have an extra carry option, i.e inverted carry.
Thanks for having a look.
Cheers,
Pete.
