Hi,

I recently purchased 2 versions of the Mora Clipper (stainless - High Carbon steel) and am very pleased with the knives. They fit great in my hand and with a ceranic hone you can get them scary sharp.

The only problem is that the belt clip type sheath is too narrow to clip over my normal field belt, pokes into my truck seat as it does not move on the belt and will un-clip if pushed up from the bottom hard enough. It also looks well, cheap!

Does anyone on the forum have plans they would share to make an inexpensive, better sheath for a Mora Clipper. The lock-in feature on the Mora Clipper is nice (no need to fiddle with a snap) so maybe the bottom of the factory sheath could be incorporated with a new belt attachment system?

Thanks,

Mike

You might try to make a "frog" like the ones that are used with swords.

I don't have any plans to make a sheath but I thought I woudl giver you this link to guy who makes a kydex sheath for the clipper.

http://www.mnsi.net/~nbtnoel/

Cheers

A Clipper is best carried on a paracord loop, cross body. That way you don't loose it if something happens to your belt. Gives you a useful 4-5' of paracord as well.
If you do want to carry it on your belt then a scandinavian carry is probably your best bet. Take 2' or so of cord, pass it through the belt clip, take both sheet ends and pass them behind the belt. Half hitch the cord and you are done.
Look at the Michelle Blomdeme video's on bushcraft.se.

Thanks for the ideas folks, I have 4 factory sheaths so it is time to cut one up and do some experimenting.

Mike

Leigh, I took your advise and re-watched Michel Blomgren (www.Bushcraft.se) in Survival - Episode 2 - Starvation. About 2/3rd of the way through the movie he shows how his knife sheath on his right side is attached by a short lead, to a small carabiner, that clips to a cord around his waist. On his left side he also has 2 firesteels, keys and a matchcase attached to the same waist cord. It was interesting that Michel made the leads to all of these items long enough so that he could put them in his pockets where they would be protected and would not flop/rattle around. Having them suspended in your pocket would prevent all these items from becoming a large, uncomfortable mass at the bottom. I hang keys on my belt at work and I just now move them over my front right pocket so I can tuck them in so they won't jingle anymore, how simple.

I have watched the first 4 of Michel Blomgren's films and really enjoyed/learned from them. For some reason I cannot get the 5th film where he walks across Iceland to download properly?

I think my first try at modifying my Clipper knife sheath will involve cutting off the "clip" part of the sheath, adding a leather sleeve or "frog" (Thanks big al) to the upper body of the sheath, that will taper to a braided leather loop that my belt can pass through. If I get really creative I may even try to make a sleeve on the rear side of the leather frog to hold a firesteel.

Sounds like one of those small, easy progects that will only take me 4 times the alloted material, 7 attempts and 2 weeks of evenings to complete!

Thanks for all your suggestions, they really got me thinking,

Mike

It's an avi file. Not impressed. Wonder if he could be prevailed upon to set it up as a zip?


Biggest advantage to Mike's set up is if something breaks then there is a fair chance that things will stay in your pockets. Watch the knot that you use for the paracord belt. And allow for the 20% stretch you get with 550 cord.