The Puma White Hunter is a very famous straight knife, and one that is sought by collectors, I am told. I am a folding knife guy, and yes I have some that are just collected, not for hard use.
The one in the above photo belongs to a buddy of mine and while the knife is well know the sheath is the star of this blog. The knife owner, Clive is a serious camper and canoe tripper and so had serious tools for his adventures, one of them is this knife. If you linked to the Puma home page you saw that a White Hunter is not a tool you want to lose while packing your gear over a portage in Algonquin Park. Puma makes a leather sheath with a safety string you are supposed to thread through the hole in the handle and then tie off.
Clive's solution, one that can be used one handed was to make his own sheath and add a thong with a monkey fist braided on the end. The person carrying the knife just loops the thong over the hilt of the knife in a clove hitch and pulls it tight. A clove hitch is easy to form and to undo, but stays tight once tied. Probably the ideal knot for this application, and I agree with Clive, a better solution to keeping your knife safe that the factory supplied solution.
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