Red river knife Sheath

[rusty]

I just purchased a new in the package Red River knife made by Cold Steel real nice knife it comes with a mountain man type sheath does anyone know if the sheath is leather or not I can't tell,but I suspect it is a man made material..TC...rusty

 

[Norskie]

If you can carve a small bit of it from spot where it won't show, try a burn test. Your nose will know the difference between burnt leather and, well just about anything else on the planet! :grin:

 

[hawkchucker]

It is a leather but I really cant tell which animal they come from, Plus they are really junk. Just make your own by using the old one as a pattern. They are simple to make and you can just stick a plain butcher in the old one for messin about.

By the way the Cold Steel butchers are not made by Russell but by cold steel of there Carbon V steel. By far some of the best steel for outdoor real use knives. There are several people out there that cried when Lynn T. discontinued them from the line. Nowadays they go for over 35$ on Ebay.

And I buy everyone I can find!!!

 

[hawkchucker]

By the way if ya cover the blade with mustard you will get a really cool grey blade.

 

[rusty]

Thanks for the info guy's I really like the knife and I probably will use the sheath for a pattern to make a new one.I paid $36.00 on ebay for it but I wanted one for a long time.I'll have to put a better edge on it, the factory edge is not very good ..TC..rusty