make a frontiersman sheath like the pioneer days
Nice project to do together
Details
1) Either cloth or cardboard can be used to make the sheath. Lay the knife on a piece of cardboard so that the handle is partly above the top of the cardboard (if using cloth fold the cloth in half and lay the knife partly above the fold).
2) Draw a line about a half an inch from the blade all the way around. Remove the knife and cut along the lines. Cut out another one using the first as a pattern.
3) Put the two pieces together. In the case of the cardboard version bend the edges down, gluing and taping with plastic tape the edges together (bending the edges gives room for the knife to slide into the sheath. For the cloth version, glue and tape, with plastic or vinyl tape, the edges together.
4) Cut a strip of cloth one wide and six inches long. Cut a horizontal slit one inch wide near the top of the sheath, place the strip through the slit and tape or sew the strip together.
5) Paint the sheath and let dry.
6) The sheath may worn on the belt or tied on to a strip of cloth long enough to go around your waist.
Nice project to do together
