I'll let TheBlakester post up the detailed pix of his knife/sheath. It arrived to my doorstep this afternoon. I've drawn up a spec sheet to work from as I build him a new sheath, and I picked up some materials this afternoon. As soon as he makes up his mind on the last design feature options, I'll begin a "How-to" tale (with pix) as I construct his new sheath. So far, he's elected for:
Right Hip Worn
Blade Edge Forward
Darker Color Leather
Don/Remove w/o having to remove his belt.
Still to decide upon is whether it'll be a Dangler (handle below belt line), mid-rise (handle at belt line), or high-rise (handle above belt line). The other addition I'm suggesting is to have a loop added to one edge of the sheath to house a firesteel (ferro cerium rod). Haven't heard a definite yea/nay on this one though.
Due to his knife being of a Clip Point (tip) design, which sweeps upward... I'm not too keen on simply folding over a piece of leather and stitching it together along one edge (with a welt). But, this will be more of a laminate design. Meaning, the two halves of the sheath (body side, outward side) will be separate pieces with a full welt all the way around it, and stitched all the way around. This will promote the ability to sheath the knife w/o cutting folded over leather... or the stitching. If this knife were a Drop Point tip, then folding over a single piece of leather and stitching with a welt would be a good option. A welt is a strip of leather laminated between the two halves (or edges of a folded over single piece) of leather... glued and stitched through all three layers. The welt protects the stitching from getting cut. My Case Old Timer knife is a clip point knife, is of a stitched/laminate designed sheath... but, it has no welt. I've had to already re-stitch the sheath once already (due to the clip point cutting the stitches).
This should be a fun build. Rather than starting a new thread, I figured I'd continue with this thread to keep it all tied together.
I'm hoping Blake's able to dig some more background info from his dad. What I know now is... Blake lives in Texas, his grandfather acquired the knife while working in Alaska. It'd be great to learn what his work was while he was there, and M'be where in Alaska he was at. I'm going to guess he was working on the Trans-Alaska Pipeline construction/Oilfield work? Nosey Ratdogs wanna know.