Check out the sheath on the left as compared to a known Johnson brown button on the right:
1. Construction / workmanship very similar .
2. Major differences being the snaps, no Randall stamp on the back and "slightly" thicker leather.
3. Interesting similarity: Number stamps on the back.

I've held onto this one because of the "possibility" that it might be a sample Johnson sent to Bo before he was hired on.

I remember that one. It sure has Johnson characteristics, but the stitching visible on the photo of the back is horrendus. Maybe they just had a hard time getting the stone pouch to mount properly on that one. Perhaps it is the earliest of Johnson's work? Hard to say.

Ok, my question was if it had staples at the throat. It is the one I used to own, even has the leather keeper. Nice knife.

Yes it has staples at the throat.

Jerry

Ron, the sheath shown here looks a lot like the one you posted above...similar manufacture and snaps. Any thoughts on this one

Good find, Shel. Since we know that Johnson made sheaths for other knife companies, that may well explain why no brown buttons or Randall logo stamp on the back. Poof goes my sample theory

There is no Johnson logo either and we know he used a stamp. Johnson acquired his stamp (that was very similar in appearance to the RMK stamp) sometime after acquisition of the RMK stamp to distiguish sheaths made for other knife makers from RMK sheaths and maintain name recoginition for himself.

Ron, I wouldn't necessarily say it "poofs" your theory.

A couple more examples of Stockman sheaths.

Joe, I have always enjoyed this thread and wanted to bring it back up to date.

Here is a very early Model 13-6" with a near mint Jimmy Stockman made sheath. Very easy to determine that.


I just purchased this from Tom Clinton Jr. and it was from his father's collection.