A question about kydex and fire steels?

[psy-ops]

I was thinking. how does the fire steel remain in the kydex mold, once the fire steel gets used? Would it become too thin and slip out?


Thanks

Chris

 

[Marcelo Cantu]

Ideally you want to use the same side of the firesteel up until you get near the center as this will gradually give greater surface area for the striker. The rest of the steel will maintain it's diameter enough to hold. That said, an extra insurance would be to have a loop through the hole that is just long enough to stretch and loop aroung the tip on the other side of the kydex.

 

[Wabajack]

Yeah, what he said.

 

[Normark]

Hello...

Chris...

It will take some time to wear one down.. However when it needs refitting it is fairly simple to do.. Heat up the back of the loop a little with a Bic,,keeping the flame moving over the tube,,when it starts to get warm,,pinch the back with your thumb..Before it cools,,insert the steel and redo until you get the right fit..

MC is correct on the tether..
He's a demo pic one of my customers did for me..

Hope that helps...


ttyle

Eric
O/ST

 

[cz75b]

Let Eric make a large firesteel loop and use a small firesteel with a plastic/rubber tubing around it.

I recently discovered that a plastic fishtank tube will work great around a firesteel for protecting it. I wear my firesteel around my neck, and when sweating, the firesteel can corrode because of the sweat. With a tube around it, will not corrode.

CZ

 

[ROCK6]

I had some sheaths made for my son and daughter with the firesteel attached to the front. All the tension is on the handle not the steel:

I've found firesteels just need routine maintenance just like any knife...I've had to use some sand-paper to remove any oxidation and re-coat with clear nail polish after finding a couple left out in my garage over the past year and a half I was in Iraq. The oxidation really takes hold on the very end...just keep in clean and coated after using it and it'll last quite some time.

That said, an extra insurance would be to have a loop through the hole that is just long enough to stretch and loop aroung the tip on the other side of the kydex.

That's good advice...if it's important enough not to lose, "dummy" cord it! It's cheap insurance to keep from losing any of your essentials.

ROCK6

 

[psy-ops]

Thanks for all the answers.

Rock6, that looks like the most secure spot for a firesteel.

 

[cz75b]

I just reminded something:

What I'm also doing to prevent possible corrosion is, lubing the plastic tube and firesteel lightly. It doesn't interfere with it's performance. It just throws sparks as an uncoated/lubed firesteel.

CZ

 

[chugokujin]

Or u could wedge a dry twig or something else in there to prevent movement if need be as another alternative.

 

[ROCK6]

Thanks for all the answers.

Rock6, that looks like the most secure spot for a firesteel.

It is pretty good, but I'm going to dummy cord the firesteels to the sheath (may have to drill a small hole). As Normark pointed out it's simple insurance and even though the firesteel is quite secure in it's piggy-backed sheath a little para-cord is simple to double-secure it.

ROCK6