Vintage Leather Knife Sheath Pics

[nate-dogg]

Inspired by crazyphil, turnerriver, and several other Forum members, I thought I would start a thread that's dedicated to knife leather. I attempted this thread on another forum and there was no interest. Hopefully the people on this forum will share some photos of some nice old knife leather!

George Lawrence Sheath made for Randall Model #12-11". The stamp 15XF stands for 15 inch long, left hand, Floral carved. Thanks for looking and I hope to see some pictures of other people's beautiful knife leather!

 

[xring33]

Lawrence made excellent pistol holsters also


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[nate-dogg]

Lawrence made excellent pistol holsters also


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Yes they made many, many more holsters than sheaths.

 

[crazyphil]

Beautiful carving on that Lawrence sheath. I believe it's called the
Sheridan style? It kinda reminded me of this Lawrence holster I
used to own, but in a moment of temporary insanity I sold it.

Good idea for a thread. It might do better in the
Gun Leather forum. Perhaps turnerriver will change it if he agrees.

 

[nate-dogg]

Good idea for a thread. It might do better in the
Gun Leather forum. Perhaps turnerriver will change it if he agrees.

I agree that it would get more views and probably more responses in the Gun Leather forum, but I was hoping to stay focused on Knife Leather as opposed to Gun Leather. There are so many Gun Leather threads out there already.

 

[xring33]

ok....keeping with the knife leather this plain Jane sheath came with my Browning knife.


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[crazyphil]

Nothing here anywhere near as nice as your Lawrence, but they do carry
the knives. Top row left to right and bottom row right to left as follows:
Oxblood sheath for Bear lockback
Black nylon NRA
Black nylon with Gerber
Black basket weave with Camillus
Black leather with Buck
Dark brown with Marbles
Lt. brown with Schrade
Chestnut with Case
Lt. brown with Puma

2nd from left is a Slim Jim holster from Oklahoma Leather on a cartridge
belt also from O.L. My Ruger .44 magnum, Stetson, and a good example
of how not to make a knife sheath (by Phil).

3rd from left is a fairly decent looking basket weave sheath from Big Sky
with a stag handle Bowie. The revolver is my Model 19. The holster is a
Heiser that I sold when in another moment of temporary insanity. The
Resistol was a 27th birthday gift from my wife and daughter. I'm 84 now
so you might say it's been around for a while (and looks it).

 

[nate-dogg]

Top row left to right and bottom row right to left as follows:
Oxblood sheath for Bear lockback
Black nylon NRA
Black nylon with Gerber
Black basket weave with Camillus
Black leather with Buck
Dark brown with Marbles
Lt. brown with Schrade
Chestnut with Case
Lt. brown with Puma

Of those I particularly like the Oxblood for Bear lockback, Black basket weave for Camillus, and Black leather for Buck.

 

[nate-dogg]

ok....keeping with the knife leather this plain Jane sheath came with my Browning knife.


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I like the look of that. Is there any Maker's Mark on it?

 

[turnerriver]

Great idea, quality maker marked knife sheaths are hard to find although most of the old makers offered them.
I found this Heiser sheath at the Tulsa gun show some years ago and I had to evince interest in the nondescript knife that was in it before I was able to buy it. That isn’t the knife that was in it.

I bought an early Buck model 120 knife and went on a search for other models. These two Lawrence sheaths came along after the knives.

I’ve got a couple of others I’ll dig out and photograph.
Regards,
turnerriver

 

[nate-dogg]

Here's a 1989 Buck 110.

 

[nate-dogg]

Great idea, quality maker marked knife sheaths are hard to find although most of the old makers offered them.
I found this Heiser sheath at the Tulsa gun show some years ago and I had to evince interest in the nondescript knife that was in it before I was able to buy it. That isn’t the knife that was in it.

I bought an early Buck model 120 knife and went on a search for other models. These two Lawrence sheaths came along after the knives.

I’ve got a couple of others I’ll dig out and photograph.
Regards,
turnerriver

Wow! Those are all very beautiful! Keep the pictures coming!

 

[nate-dogg]

Not a knife, but knife related.

 

[Old TexMex]

Nothing special here, but all serviceable

 

[Rustyt1953]

Forgive my butting in and straying as I'm not much of a knife guy but I admire beautiful leather work.
During my career I have seen, used and sold many quality guitar straps such as these.




Good thread.

 

[Chubbo]

Here are pictures of my only vintage leather knife sheath, Knife, that it fits, and the display stand made to display them. I know that they are vintage, as I made them, myself. The knife in 1970, the sheath, and the stand couple of years later, I hope that they. they qualify for this thread.

Chubbo

 

[JayFramer]

Here’s a simple open top holster for my Buck knife:

 

[Onomea]

I’ve told the story of this vintage sheath before, but the short version is my parents made this sheath for my father’s Cattaraugus 225Q, the knife he carried as Marine in the Pacific Theater, shortly after WWII. It was falling apart when I inherited both it and the Cattaraugus in 1995, upon my father’s passing, but last year I hired a craftsman to restore it for me. (In truth, he made it into a far better sheath than it was originally.)





This thread has the full story, with before and after photos: http://smith-wessonforum.com/firear...ather-s-knife.html?highlight=father%92s+knife It’s an interesting thread, with various members contributing their own knife stories.

 

[SG-688]

This Bruce Nelson pouch for an Al Mar SERE belongs to my old IPSC practice partner.

 

[crazyphil]

Can't remember for sure, but I had this old Solingen blade as long as I
can remember, and I think the sheath was just with it.

The handle on the Solingen was cracked & broken, so 30 or 40 years
ago I took the old handle off and made the one shown here out of a
pick handle.

When my old Dad examined it he said "it aint much for looks, but its
Hell for strong."

Famous knife maker Chris Reeve's shop was a short walk from where
I live, and he sharpened it. I haven't tried, but pretty sure I could shave
with it.

The floral carved holster is a Hunter model 1100. Cowtown cartridge
belt. Ruger New Model Super Blackhawk .44 Magnum. And as always
my Open Road Stetson.