Indians For Guns

Just recently I was looking for my knife which I needed to cut coconut.
I put my hand inside the drawer where I had kept the knife un-sheathed.
As a result I cut my fingers as I took out the knife with the blade in my hand.

That is when I decided to make a sheath for this knife:


I am no expert at making such things, nor do I know if I'd be able to handle leather work.
So, I decided to make a sheath out of household material.

Following are the steps I followed to make the sheath for my coconut cutting sharpie..

Lovely work More details on the knife please. Lov e the RIP detail.

Best
Moin.

Moin. wrote: Lov e the RIP detail.

Best
Moin.

+1 on that.

Thanks Moin..
I don't know much about the knife, it's just a regular non-branded knife.. it is very sharp though..
What I can tell you is, it has 'stainless steel' and 'Japan' written on the blade.
I've also etched an 'H' and a 'star' on its blade using electrolytic etching.. My first try at it..

@marthandan: thanks, but its not even close to the leather sheath uv made..
My next project might just be a proper leather sheath.. Trying to derive some inspiration from your work..

nice idea, thank you for sharing

Very nice HJD, I like your resourcefulness!

If I could trouble you, can you tell me about the coconuts you cut with this knife?

Since we do not have coconuts here, and it seems that they have quite a few uses, I am always curious about them. About the only ones you can buy in stores look like this:


Sometimes you can find them with the husk on them but they are always hard and tough to cut. So if you can give me some examples of an everyday use for fresh ones I would appreciate it!

Thanks,

Mark

[quote="HJD"]J
> Just recently I was looking for my knife which I needed to cut coconut.
I put my hand inside the drawer where I had kept the knife un-sheathed.
As a result I cut my fingers as I took out the knife with the blade in my hand.
>That is when I decided to make a sheath for this knife:
>I am no expert at making such things, nor do I know if I'd be able to handle leather work.
So, I decided to make a sheath out of household material.

Hi HJD,
> Great job on the sheath - Looks good too
Briha

Cool job, HJD!

Please post details on the materials, process, etc. for our "inspiration" (used strictly in the Bollywood sense)! Looks to be jute from a "shopper bag" and wool(?) for the stitching. Do you have any backing for the jute? I have a machete which currently resides in a crude duct tape sheath.......

Mark, what you got there is a ripe (dry) coconut. The fresh (tender) ones are primarily used for the water and the slightly-formed flesh, as far as I am aware. Most of the uses seem to be for the ripe ones, or the husk, or the leaves, or the oil (again, extracted from the ripe coconut). Both stages are also used for many religious ceremonies among Hindus.

good work

The Sheath looks beautiful. That's the beauty of IFG - so many things to learn at a single place.

@Essdee - when do we start on the Dharavi leather hunt ? I look forward to guidance from veterans like you, Moin et al.

@Mark - Found this interesting link on coconut - http://travelman1971.hubpages.com/hub/1 ... of-Coconut
In one of the movies ("Who am I" - I think) Jackie Chan is shown to make an IV drip out of "raw"/ tender coconut in lieu of blood loss. Tender coconut water I think is now accepted as direct injection for replenishing blood serum. All the Asia-Pacific region holds the coconut in high esteem and thus it has found its place in all the religious ceremonies of AS-PAC cultures.

I hope EssDee and airgun_novice have cleared doubts regarding the coconuts..

As for the process it is as shown in the pictures.

I have used jute bag as it was the only bag available at my house that wasn't used by anyone.
Also, for stitching I have used a thick thread, it's not wool.

Mark wrote:Very nice HJD, I like your resourcefulness!

If I could trouble you, can you tell me about the coconuts you cut with this knife?

Since we do not have coconuts here, and it seems that they have quite a few uses, I am always curious about them. About the only ones you can buy in stores look like this:
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Sometimes you can find them with the husk on them but they are always hard and tough to cut. So if you can give me some examples of an everyday use for fresh ones I would appreciate it!

Thanks,

Mark

are you seriously asking this? since your location is mentioned as middle USA I can somehow believe you. I hope you are not pulling someones leg. actually you do not cut coconut , you break it . and scrape it with tool. it is essential part of food along coastal regions of India. at home we use it in almost every thing in food preparation.


Uv

The coconut pictured by Mark is very hard and needs to be broken..
However, I'm talking about tender coconut which is relatively young.
This type of young coconut is cut and the water inside is a good thirst quencher.
It's available across coastal regions in India where it is cut open and drank from.

Gentlemen,

We should not hijack the thread involving HJD's rather nice DIY coconut knife sheath, so I have moved the coconut posts to this new thread and also changed the thread title to reflect what a great idea he has had.