DIY Wood Knife Sheath by nepheron
video DIY Wood Knife Sheath
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Wooden knife sheaths offer some great advantages to leather and plastic sheaths. Wood sheaths don't hold water and dirt against your knives like leather sheaths do, and still have that great natural look plastic sheaths don't offer. Wooden sheath are traditional in japan.
alanemartin says: Feb 4, 2013. 12:09 PM
Nice sheath. I've got a coupe that would look better in a wood sheath.

On safety, though, gloves and table saws usually don't mix. And at the 2:00 mark, when you leave the cutoff with the blade spinning...that's a potential projectile.
nepheron (author) says: Feb 4, 2013. 3:44 PM
I'm glad you liked it! You are absolutely right about safety. I botched that, but man it was freezing cold outside :)
gary.918 says: Feb 3, 2013. 11:39 AM
very nice. great work on the table saw. good work.
tech dawg says: Dec 12, 2012. 5:59 AM
this is completely awesome! I would attempt to make it but im missing an essintial component.......the knife....
EmcySquare says: Dec 13, 2012. 12:40 AM
Just google for "greenpete knife making" and you'll have an extremelly good starting point
nepheron (author) says: Dec 12, 2012. 3:59 PM
Glad you liked it! The knife in the video is one I made myself from scratch, it's currently the best knife I own. You could start at the very beginning, and make a knife of your very own, then make the sheath! :)
rgilliam says: Dec 12, 2012. 3:48 PM
Just make your knife out of an old file - use a sander to shape it and glue wood to both sides as a handle. Drill holes in the handle, push brass round stock threw the holes; shape it with sandpaper & a router if you like.
EmcySquare says: Dec 12, 2012. 5:36 AM
VERY NICE !!!

But.. do you need the thickness of the blade of the table saw to be the same of the knife blade? What if they don't match?
nepheron (author) says: Dec 12, 2012. 3:57 PM
Thanks! if your knife blade is thicker than the saw blade, you might have to do more than one pass.
rgilliam says: Dec 12, 2012. 3:50 PM
Just make a second cut - move your guide over and cut next to it.
rgilliam says: Dec 12, 2012. 3:41 PM
Thanks - I make knives and pens, It gave me an Idea of a wooden pen box. I use my bandsaw a lot, but now I will use my tablesaw for the deep cuts - thanks.
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