Ingredients: O-1, paracord, kydex and eyelets

[JeridJohnson]

Just finished this one up last night for a customer.. Tried something a bit different with the kydex sheath... belt loop is molded right in the back panel and the back panel is flat.. front side of the sheath is molded over the knife.. Hope you like it. Let me know what you think.

4" O-1 Tool Steel Blade
4.5" Paracord wrapped handle with turks head knot.
Heat molded Kydex sheath

[dmarx]

Very nice! You don't see many, if any, bowies getting that type handle treatment. Unique is a good way to describe.

[Kirby Bletcher]

Nice and clean looking knife!

[John T Wylie Jr]

really nice !

Way to think outside the box. The grinds are nice and crisp !

[JediOkie]

Great job, looks like it will be a work horse.

[BMiller]

I like the way it looks. Explain what you mean by the back flap being molded into the back panel. How do you do that?

Bill

[jim graham]

Jerid, Really nice package and I love the blade. Could you show us a pic of the back of the sheath to let us see what you mean by it being molded in the back.

Thanks Jim

[JeridJohnson]

Thanks for the compliments.

Here ya go.. Hopefully you can see what I mean... I basically just made the belt loop from the back piece fo kydex and did not mold the back piece over the blade... only the front piece is molded to the blade..

[jim graham]

Thanks Jerid, Very nice work. That was a great Idea, hope you dont mind if I follow that trick up. Your work inspires my owm. X VN Vet and I love that package.

Jim

[JeridJohnson]

Originally Posted by jim graham

Thanks Jerid, Very nice work. That was a great Idea, hope you dont mind if I follow that trick up. Your work inspires my owm. X VN Vet and I love that package.

Jim

Use it at will... have fun. Its a lot easier than using thoes premade belt attachments... cheaper too.. its also easy to make it canted if you like.

[ranger1]

I like the set-up.Is it just me or am I missing a photo of the knife out of the sheath

[ranger1]

Got it just took it a while to load.That is awsome.

[Andrew Garrett]

That's a great looking knife! Simple and sweet!

Question:
I've seen a lot of turks head knots on knives and swords, but I've never seen a pic of the other side--where it fastens. How is it closed on the back side, and how do you keep it in that spot, rather than it loosening and sliding about?

If you you could show a pic of that, it would help me understand.

[EdgarFigaro]

http://www.folsoms.net/knots/turkshead.htm

Bit of an example. It's kinda weaved onto the handle.

[JeridJohnson]

Originally Posted by EdgarFigaro

http://www.folsoms.net/knots/turkshead.htm

Bit of an example. It's kinda weaved onto the handle.

Thoes are the exact instructions I use..

The other side of the knot looks exactly the same.. Once you finish weaving the knot and tighting it you cut the ends and tuck them inside the knot out of sight.. Then I use a very fine CA (super glue) to harden and attach the knot to the rest of the handle wrap.. The turks head knot gets very tight when done right.. Some dental tools work great to work the weave tighter and tighter..