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Title: knife sheaths
Post by paleoarts on Nov 27^th, 2009 at 10:16pm

here are some sheaths i made today. my girlfriend has nicknamed them 'catepillar' sheaths.

Title: Re: knife sheaths
Post by Masiaka on Nov 27^th, 2009 at 11:17pm

Paleoarts wrote on Nov 27^th, 2009 at 10:16pm:

here are some sheaths i made today. my girlfriend has nicknamed them 'caterpillar' sheaths.

I haven't even met her but I already like your gf. Caterpillar sheath is an awesome description. You should get her to name your atlatls.

Title: Re: knife sheaths
Post by slingbadger on Nov 28^th, 2009 at 7:09am

NICE

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Post by xxkid123 on Nov 28^th, 2009 at 10:39am

wow, those are awesome. all my sheaths are medicine tape and some paper slightly modded.

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Post by curious_aardvark on Nov 28^th, 2009 at 10:42am

well I'd hang one up on a wall - but I'd put on a dress and call myself shirley, before wearing one in public ;-)
The middle one even comes with a pink knife lol

Title: Re: knife sheaths
Post by Eoraptor on Nov 28^th, 2009 at 11:13am

Ha ha. Caterpillar sheaths, thats just what I was thinking.

Nice work, as always!

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Post by Kjev on Nov 30^th, 2009 at 7:02am

Cool design, and a very apt name! If you designed a knife with a pommel shaped like a bug's head (eyes and all) it would look really bizarre.

K'Jev
8-)

Title: Re: knife sheaths
Post by Fundibularius on Dec 1^st, 2009 at 5:39pm

Very beautiful work again, paleo!

I'll attach an ugly duckling as a contrast: My first attempt to make a sheath from pampa grass. Genuine raw material collected from the famous Welsh pampa. ;)

grasscheide1.JPG (217 KB | )

Title: Re: knife sheaths
Post by paleoarts on Dec 1^st, 2009 at 10:10pm

that's awesome! :D i absolutely love stuff like this! do you have the knife to go with it?

i hope you don't mind, but i resized your photo for you.

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Post by yvangkwheng on Dec 2^nd, 2009 at 2:07am

cool knife sheaths. where can i buy one?

Title: Re: knife sheaths
Post by Fundibularius on Dec 2^nd, 2009 at 5:20am

Paleoarts wrote on Dec 1^st, 2009 at 10:10pm:

that's awesome! :D i absolutely love stuff like this! do you have the knife to go with it?

i hope you don't mind, but i resized your photo for you.

Thanks very much, paleo! No, I haven't found any flint or chert yet, and I would have to take very much care with knapping at he moment because I have little children running/crawling around everywhere. Maybe I'll fix one of my old small arrowheads to a handle or so.

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Post by Rat Man on Dec 2^nd, 2009 at 3:08pm

I think your sheaths are strange but nice, paleoarts. I like them.

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Post by BEERDRINKER on Dec 3^rd, 2009 at 1:33pm

well nice and bice knife to. do you also made knifes of metal

Title: Re: knife sheaths
Post by David Morningstar on Jan 2^nd, 2010 at 6:44pm

I read in the traditional Bowyers Bible volume 2 about a guy who kept his broadheads sharp in the quiver by putting a loose fitting sheath over each one, which would come off and stay in the quiver when the arrow was drawn.

These caterpillar sheaths would be ideal for that cos the little legs will drag on the inside of the quiver and make sure it comes off. A couple of sizes should handle most standard two blade broadheads. Sell them in sets of six and I reckon they could be a winner.

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Post by hybrid_throwback on Jan 3^rd, 2010 at 6:43am

Nice work PA :) I'd wear all of those in public before I'd wear a wolf-tee. Maybe I am blessed with good public ;)

Is the lacing just a series of overhand-thru loops, and if so, are they just held under their own tension or have you gotten out the superglue? Or Do you have a continuous band with insert for tails?

The fringing would help a lot with stuff shifting around for the traveller that prefers to be unencumbered by ties, straps and bands.

Some bushies here made a similar thing with a tripe-S lace around pocket knife and tobacco pouches to stop them slopping around in your pocket or on your belt without needing an extra "look at me , I'm Rambo" style tie. Big with old timie riders once.

I have a great book with a whole section on cunning and functional edgelacing if you'd like me to do you some scans?