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Some of the knives I've sent out over the last few months have had really flat aluminum screws (bright, "naked" aluminum that uses a flat head screwdriver) holding the sheath together. The screws are fine, and they do their job, but they are obnoxious and kind of ugly, in my opinion. I FINALLY found the type of screw I've wanted to use on sheaths (just took me 6 years), which is a round head, black screw that uses an Allen (hex) wrench.
If you received a sheath with the aluminum screws and would like to replace them with the new ones, just drop me an email with your address and I'll send a few out your way. I keep good records (just not on what sheaths with what hardware went where), so if you email trying to be sneaky for free screws, it won't work!
If you want to replace the screws, but don't want to bother getting these ones from me, the thread size is 8-32, so any 8-32 screw will work (assuming the head is big enough to make it past the 13/64" hole).
If you received a sheath with the aluminum screws and would like to replace them with the new ones, just drop me an email with your address and I'll send a few out your way. I keep good records (just not on what sheaths with what hardware went where), so if you email trying to be sneaky for free screws, it won't work!
If you want to replace the screws, but don't want to bother getting these ones from me, the thread size is 8-32, so any 8-32 screw will work (assuming the head is big enough to make it past the 13/64" hole).
The hardware didn't become a priority until the last couple months, so I wasn't desperate until recently. I was using black oxide Phillip's head flat heads, but they are a PITA because they don't sit flush on the sheath's surface, so I was always shaving a little off the length of the posts, etc. My next generation of sheaths will have round head, phillip's drive black oxide screws that are 1/4 or 3/16" long, so if you know of where I can get those, let me know now!