Seems like both sides of the throat of your sheath were reinforced using "return" stitching, so no real reason for the rivets to add more reinforcement. I believe the second picture shows properly riveted sheath.
Steve, it does seem redundant to add rivets on top of "return" stitching, but apparently they did it, as seen on the #15 Tenite in the other thread.
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I've seen quite a few riveted sheaths without the "return" stitching and (until now) believed that rivets in addition to "return" stitching were an indication that someone was trying to increase the value of the sheath.
Interesting to see rivets on a sheath with return / reinforced stitching. Either the tenite sheath has rivets added "probably to deceive" or "to make it look older", or we've just been introduced to something that disclaims statements previously made in this thread.
If the rivets in the tenite sheath are believed to be legit and original, then rivets in some other sheaths with return stitching could be legit and original.
Thanks TAH for the post above.
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I've seen quite a few riveted sheaths without the "return" stitching and (until now) believed that rivets in addition to "return" stitching were an indication that someone was trying to increase the value of the sheath.
That is generally true, but is maybe a decade later than the knives being discussed here, and all involving Maurice Johnson sheaths. Not Heiser/HKL sheaths. Generally, Heiser/HKL sheaths have a return stitch on model "A" and "B" sheaths. Mod "C" some do, but not all.
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Is it "only me" that notices (blatantly) that the #15, green tenite, pictured above from the "other" thread..."DOESN'T REMOTELY FIT" the sheath? Talk about a mis-match! Just sayin', Capt. Chris