Bought a great little knife when I was in Buenos Aires recently. It's a damascus blade that is wickedly sharp with an antler hilt. But the sheath is a disaster.

Has a 3" blade and is 7" overall so I want to use this as a sgian dubh.



My thoughts are to make a sheath that encloses about 2" of the hilt so that the sheath would be at the top of the sock and 2" of hilt exposed. I would ideally like to make the sheath one piece folded and shape the top on the outer side to the shape of the hilt.

I can cut and sew leather but have never shaped a piece. My thoughts are to rough cut the shape oversize, wet the leather and shape to the hilt and hold in place with small plastic clamps until dry. Will that work?

Also, what should I do to protect the blade from rusting? Vaseline or similar?

Any help/advice would be appreciated.

Brian