An Ambi Modular System

just-a-hunter

just-a-hunter

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This is a project I've had in my head for a while and have slowly over time put together. This is a pair of TCK #2 knives, one a clip point and one a drop point. They have lined water buffalo scales, one with yellow on black liners and one with black on yellow liners. I prefer a drop point myself for wet work (gutting) and really like the belly of a clip point for detail work and skinning. I wanted to make a compact, versatile and modular system. It is fully ambidextrous and can be converted to be a single carry knife. The sheaths are kydex bolted together and the system incorporates all the parts. The package is about the same size as a Ruger LC9s in a paddle holster. The only thing added for looks is the tooled leather shield to dress up the kydex a bit. Thanks for looking and let me know what you think, good or bad.

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Thanks again,

Todd
 
Well let me be the first to admit I am in no way an expert in the leather building business. I do like your idea of combining the two blades together. The tooling of the leather is very nice. Combining leather and kydex is thinking outside of the box which is interesting. But just my opinion I think it looks better if the kydex is not visible. The tooling adds too much contrast between the two materials. Just my two cents worth. Great job and thanks for showing us your work.
 
Thanks for the input!

The problem with kydex in general is its just naturally ugly stuff. But, it is a very durable and versatile material. The knives will not interchange in the sheaths. I could have built the sheath out of leather and made the welts oversize but then it wouldn't be s good fit and I was worried about cutting stitches or the sheath if the knife was put in the wrong sheath. It will not hurt the kydex to have the wrong knife sheathed and I used different colors for a visual aid to help identify which knife goes where just because the knives are so similar.

Also, it's very difficult at my knowledge level to get leather rigid enough to accommodate the modular part of converting it to different styles and incorporating the ambidextrous features.

I defiantly agree that kydex dumbs down the look of leather and I really appreciate the feedback.

Todd
 
Those knives are awesome. What is the steel? Love those scales. The yellow really really makes those Buffalo hide scale pop. Really like the two sheath concept. I think the kydex is necessary to make your concept work. The leather work is impeccable and really adds a touch of class to the whole project. I really think the topper is the modularity of the system.
 
Great work. I sympathize with the first poster's gripe. However, I think even staining the leather darker would go a long way toward reducing the contrast.
 
I haves looked at and pondered this sheath since I first saw it posted .
The concept is very interesting .
What intrigues me is why you would carry two knives so similar in design .
The sheath reminds me of when I delivered meat to butcher shops and when I wasn't doing the delivery run , I helped on the slaughterhouse killing floor .
The plastic sheaths that everyone used housed a couple of knives ( a boner and a skinner ) two totally different blade shapes .
It's an interesting idea and one you should fine tune and perfect .:thumbup:


Ken
 
An interesting concept. I agree its a little contrasty for me too. You might try oiling it with pure neatsfoot oil. Warm it first and brush on very little particularly on the tooling, (very easy to get too much on tooling) and then set it out in the sun. Remember to turn it over once in a while or one side will get darker than the other. This really does work. I dislike dyeing leathr as all know, I really dislike dyeing tooled leather. To me a guy loses an awful lot of the detail that you spent hours putting in there by dyeing tooled leather dark. I've really been studying the holster too. Did ya build that as well? Very interesting contruction. I have to build one for that gun right now in my to do list. Call when ya can Todd. Couple of ideas for ya.

I use to use a lot of buffalo horn but backed off it alot. Havn't used it years. Had problems with it wanting to move alot. You using corby's? Only way to really keep it from wanting to lift, well Loveless bolts too.

Dang Ken great to see ya pop in now and then!
 
When I saw the first picture briefly I thought you'd carry it in the back of your belt. Grips oriented in opposite ways so you can draw one with your left and the other with the right hand.
Both on one side is interesting too :-)
 
Horsewright said:
I've really been studying the holster too. Did ya build that as well? Very interesting contruction. I have to build one for that gun right now in my to do list.



Dang Ken great to see ya pop in now and then!
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I agree about the holster Dave , that caught my eye as well , cool how the outer is stitched onto the flat pancake backing .

I've never really gone away Dave , just been lurking in the shadows :)

Ken
 
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