Wooden sheaths have long been used as a secure way to hold a blade.
Knives are useful tools, and a solid sheath will allow you to carry a knife around safely. Sheaths can be made of various materials: leather and cardboard are often used because they are easy materials to work with. Wood sheaths, however, tend to last longer, and since the blade cannot cut through the wood, they also tend to be much safer. A simple wood sheath can be made using two pieces of wood from which you carve out an area for the blade and which you then glue together.
Instructions
Making the Pattern
1. Hold the knife blade flat against a piece of cardboard.
2. Trace a closely fitting rectangle around the blade.
3. Trace a desired shape for the sheath, making certain to leave space between the edge of the sheath and the edge of the rectangle.
4. Cut out the shape of the sheath and the rectangle. The resulting cutout will be the pattern for your sheath.
Making the Sheath
5. Trace the pattern onto the first piece of wood. Invert the design and trace it on the second piece of wood.
6. Secure the first piece of wood with the vise. Make certain that the surface pointing upward is the surface the pattern is drawn on.
7. Chisel out the blade rectangle with a wood chisel and hammer. Start by carving out the outline of the rectangle by taping the chisel directly downward, to a depth slightly deeper than half the thickness of the knife's blade. Next, hold the chisel at an angle on one end of the rectangle and tap it to chisel out the wood from within the rectangle, up to the same depth you had carved the edges to.
8. Repeat Steps 2 and 3 with the second piece of wood.
9. Cut along the outside lines of the sheath pattern on both pieces of wood with a bandsaw or another appropriate type of saw. It is important that you do not cut out the rectangle areas you thinned using a chisel; if you remove them, the sheath will no longer have walls along the sides to hold the knife in place.
10. Follow the instructions on the wood glue to glue the two pieces of wood together, making certain that the edges and the carved-out space on both line up. Once the glue has dried, the sheath is ready to be used.
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