CRKT Woods Chogan Leather Sheath: D2730

I see by many of the previous reviews that this is a not-so-loved product. Well, CRKT must have been listening. I found this to be a well-made product using top notch materials. The plastic snaps are no more! The item I received had black brass and steel snaps and the leather was nice and thick. It was a perfect fit and there were no issues with fastening the snaps. If I had a complaint, it would be, as others have mentioned, that I would have to buy one at all. It should come with the T-Hawk.

I read all the reviews on this sheath before purchasing for my Chogan Tomahawk and decided on this model. Some of the reviews that I read must have been written by some high end leather sheath users - as the comments on the poor leather construction was mentioned more than once. Most leather products are slightly stiff until broken in and this sheath is no exception. I had no problems with the quality of the leather, the stitching or the riveting of the individual leather components. I threw a quick paracord wrap on the Chogan handle just to see if I could use the sheath with it? Initially, the handle strap was too tight to go around the paracord wrap - but not by much. After working the sheath for flexibility and treating with Neatsfoot oil, it now fits nicely around the paracord handle wrap. The entire sheath is loosening up nicely. I have no doubt that this sheath will continue to loosen up and give many years of service. I love reading reviews and sometimes even leave my own - but you really have to take reviews with a grain of salt and make your own decisions.

Just what I needed for my ax to go backpacking with And good quality

So let me first say the quality of this, it’s just OK. It’s made from little leather scraps that Have basically been pieced, sewn and snapped together. The leather itself is of low quality. (I have a friend who does leatherwork professionally so I know a little about it) The workmanship is passable, there was already some fraying leather right out of the box but not too bad. Nothing that would affect its functionality, I just shaved it off with a pocket knife. But let’s be honest, what’s the job this thing is trying to do? Hold a hand ax. You don’t need premium leather to do that job, and if they killed an animal to give me a full piece fabricated leather hand ax holder, I’d be disappointed when piecing together scraps will do the same job fine. It’s not gonna break when you’re using it. It’s not going to fail and allow the tomahawk to damage anything in your pack. It’s not going to cut through the case. This is basically fine for the job it needs to do, and in my opinion it kind a looks cool, but that’s a preference thing.Here’s my biggest peeve with this case that is actually an issue. The bottom snap does not initially fit around the handle of the Tomahawk it was designed to carry. That’s a problem. With that being said it is easily fixable. Simply snap together and wiggle the handle of the tomahawk through the hole while its snapped together. Leave it for a while, then find the thickest part of the tomahawk shaft and gently push the leather closure up to it, far as it will go, you want to push it past its limits, but you don’t want to break open the snap. Let it sit there a while, and then move it back down to a thinner part of the shaft to let it rest, and then do it again. I don’t know how many times of this or how long is actually necessary, I had a day at home so I just took a whole day of doing that in between chores and such because I didn’t wanna bother with it again if I didn’t do it for long enough. By the end the leather is stretched out enough that it functioned tightly, but it did function, and you don’t really want it to be super loose anyway. I don’t really think this is a huge deal seeing as how it can be fixed, and it’s very simple and easy to do. I do however feel it should be a little cheaper if it’s not going to fit the shaft right out of the box but hey, Who cares about my personal opinions right?

Ok, so I read all the reviews for this sheath before buying it and I was very scepticle. A lot of the reviews say that the sheath has plastic snaps or now there metal so CRKT must have listened. That sent a red flag up like some of those reviews must be fake. I also do some leather work so I knew I could change out the snaps if I had too. Let me say mine just arrived five minutes ago and the snaps are metal. The straps do fit and the leather is a bit on the thin side. However for lashing it to a day pack it will be just fine. I would not place it on my belt anyway, if I did need to carry it hands free for some reason I would just slide the handle through my belt anyway. Optics planet filled my order here and the shipping was about a week, we'll worth the wait. I am very pleased. Check out my pic, it's the one on the counter and I'll see you in the back country.

The only knock I have on this is the tight snap over the hammer side. However I used some mink oil and treated the whole piece. I've since lefty Choban in it and have worked it almost daily. It has loosened up in less than a week. I would buy this again. I love the way it carries on my belt. It is almost effortless. The only time I noticed it was getting in my SUV. I recommend placing it on your left side because of this. Also note it has 3 snaps. So it is not tactical for fast deployment. However is does give a surdy base from which to secure and carry all day.

Custom fit for your CRKT Chogan tool. Nice to have to prevent accidental cuts or blade nicks.

This hide comes extremely dry, you must condition as to be of any good,not a problem kinda need that information as to being useful. It needs to have conditioner, like a baseball glove which I did .. On a nother note being so dry it didn't fit the hawk it was designed for,I had to grind a bit off my kogan hawk to make it fit,. Fortunately I like metal work and crafts.. I have found in doing so ,my hawk is a bit more balanced,... Don't get me started on the handles,I don't know who's picking these tree being used, one basically disintegrated being thrown for a week, while the two replacement handles have really bad grain lines, meaning failure down the road. I give this as a true experience and tested one,it chops ok.😘