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I've said before that the M-18 is a different animal altogether. To do the M-18 justice with the sheath, I had to completely change how I thought about sheaths and come up with some new concepts. It took me a while to iron out all the details, and a good kydex bender could do a lot prettier execution, but I am declaring this the perfect sheath for the M-18.
It works by trapping the tip under the front and supporting the blade along the bottom. The handle then pops into place to secure it.
I designed the sheath to be used with a belt that can be removed easily. When you want to take the knife off, you just pop the buckle and release the whole mess. Wear two belts. All the cool kids are doing it now. The buckle is the kind that used to be used on the old Cessna and other small airplanes for seatbelts. Just press the button in the center and you are good to go, but it is impossible to release the belt without deliberately doing so.
I made the sheath so that you could carry it in the scout position, or just switch the way you thread the belt and you can carry it vertically as well.
Here it is threaded for vertical carry:
The knife is very secure in the sheath just the way it is, but I made it so that you could secure the knife absolutely if needed. All you have to do is slip a ranger band down over the bottom part of the sheath and nothing is moving.
Another option to secure it there would be to take a piece of nylon strapping and attach a button snap so that you could just snap things in. I do not have the tooling to be able to do that.
I have two favorite features of the sheath. First, it allows the versatility to carry the knife either in the horizontal or vertical orientation. I prefer the way the knife feels in the horizontal position, but I can envision circumstances where I would want to carry it vertically. Second, and more importantly, it is cool. It is stylin' with a drop top that shows the hole. LOL!
Now that I have a good sheath and carry option for the knife, I'm taking it in the woods. Hopefully tomorrow I will get out for a little monkeybusiness.
I've said before that the M-18 is a different animal altogether. To do the M-18 justice with the sheath, I had to completely change how I thought about sheaths and come up with some new concepts. It took me a while to iron out all the details, and a good kydex bender could do a lot prettier execution, but I am declaring this the perfect sheath for the M-18.
It works by trapping the tip under the front and supporting the blade along the bottom. The handle then pops into place to secure it.
I designed the sheath to be used with a belt that can be removed easily. When you want to take the knife off, you just pop the buckle and release the whole mess. Wear two belts. All the cool kids are doing it now. The buckle is the kind that used to be used on the old Cessna and other small airplanes for seatbelts. Just press the button in the center and you are good to go, but it is impossible to release the belt without deliberately doing so.
I made the sheath so that you could carry it in the scout position, or just switch the way you thread the belt and you can carry it vertically as well.
Here it is threaded for vertical carry:
The knife is very secure in the sheath just the way it is, but I made it so that you could secure the knife absolutely if needed. All you have to do is slip a ranger band down over the bottom part of the sheath and nothing is moving.
Another option to secure it there would be to take a piece of nylon strapping and attach a button snap so that you could just snap things in. I do not have the tooling to be able to do that.
I have two favorite features of the sheath. First, it allows the versatility to carry the knife either in the horizontal or vertical orientation. I prefer the way the knife feels in the horizontal position, but I can envision circumstances where I would want to carry it vertically. Second, and more importantly, it is cool. It is stylin' with a drop top that shows the hole. LOL!
Now that I have a good sheath and carry option for the knife, I'm taking it in the woods. Hopefully tomorrow I will get out for a little monkeybusiness.
