Andy - If you get to Tandy, where the leather is handy, buy some cutler's rivets because they are dandy! You could make a decent sheath by just punching holes and inserting rivets - a few taps with a hammer joins the two rivet parts quite nicely. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> Tom