Victorinox Boning Knife Sheath

Here’s a little knife sheath I made for my Victorinox 6” boning knife¹ from a scrap of oak.

I use this knife for meat processing, and I want to keep it really sharp.

Ever since getting it, I’ve wanted a better way of protecting both the knife and anything in its vicinity. I eventually made this on a whim when I was processing some venison this year.

I started with a scrap of oak that I split in two on the bandsaw. Then I traced the shape of the blade onto the inside of the wood. I shaped one side of the oak, starting with thin passes with a small roundover bit with a handheld router, and following up with some hand shaping with a chisel. Unfortunately I don’t have any pictures of that step.

I made sure to be careful with the thickness of the gap in the wood just at the entry, and eased up on a tight fit, testing it out by clamping the pieces of wood back together for testing. When I was happy, I glued it up, and then worked on marking and shaping the outside of the block by cutting out the profile, and then sanding it to shape with a belt sander.

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After finish sanding, I used Feed-N-Wax Wood Polish & Conditioner on the wood.

I’m very happy with the fit. It’s nice and tight when fully closed, but comes off with a little thumb push on the little protrusion I left on the back. I don’t really know how lucky I got in the fit being as perfect as it is. Could I do it again on my next attempt if I tried? I’ll probably find out at some point.

TODO: Make a short video of the fit.