Brian,
I've written an earlier post on the site about the knife you might like to read it:

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Three years ago I was given a knife by one of my brothers. The reason: he lost the sheath for it and he told me I could have it because for him it became useless.

I made a sheath out of an old belt wrapped around around the knife and then taped it. It works fine only suddenly I became eager to look for the origional sheath. It just makes it look much better.


Description and Origin
The knife was purchased in Holland, I have no knowledge if avaliable here (GB) nor of its name (if it has a proper name) I did discover the name of the company and where it is stationed - "Linder Messer" Germany.
It's a fixed blade, blade alone being about 6" and has a full tang.
On the tang it got plastic plates with the tang running visible through the middle. The black plates cover about 3/4 of the handle the rest is metal. hundreds of diamond shapes are cut into the plastic plates for extra grip. It got two rivets to hold the plates on the tang. On one side of the handle it has a green emblem (diamond shaped) with (I think) the French sign of brotherhood.
There is a handguard on the lower side, shaped as a water drop. Just above the guard there is a ring wich stops the knife making a noise as it slides in the sheath. Above the ring the name of the company and origin is written.
There is only a small swag, about 1" and the point of the blade is above the centre line of the knife. As far as I know the blade is made from stainless steel. No part of the blade is serated.

I think the knife is quite popular with the Dutch scouts (please note, I'm not certain of this and so I don't want to give the Dutch scouts a bad reputation for carrying large knifes. I knew three people who owned the knife and were member of the Dutch scouts. Although they weren't issued by the club. ).

It is exactly the same model as the the Hitler Youth was given only instead of the French brotherhood emblem it had the swastica. Also on the blade was written (in german) Blood and Honour.

I hope any one can give me details where I can order a new sheath. Now that I just discovered the name on the blade I'll do a google internet search for them.
Thanx, Reinhardt

Bit more detail on the making of the sheath:
I wrapped an old belt tighly around the knife without overlapping the leather. Then got some very wide black tape and primitively taped the belt around the knife. Had to use more than one pair of hands so I had an extra "hand" helping me with this part. For the belt loop I folded the last part of the belt around and taped it against the back. Finished it with camo/DPM tape. After a while got bored of the colour sceme and taped black over it. Resulting in a sturdy sheath. The "container" for flint and stone are made by cutting up parts of a photo camera fim cylinder. The advantage of the home made belts is that can be carried on any belt i.e. military isssue size. Also knife does not create noise when drawn from the sheath.

Hope this helps,
Reinhardt