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Hi Everybody,
The other day I had a customer from Germany make a special request & challenge to me.
He wanted a NMFBM sheath but he wondered if I could do something like my speed holster rig where the spine of the knife is exposed.
I thought about it & I had done some sheaths where the back is able to spread apart,and the tension of the kydex kept the knife in there. (see pics below) but never a exposed back.
I have seen sheaths that the blade breaks through the edge part of the sheath in shoulder rigs, Those scare me
but never a fully exposed spine ?
I looked around the net & could not find it in kydex.
I did see some that were like the break back sheaths I have made in years past.
The other contributing factor of being able to do this, is that I have become quite proficient at making rubber nylon laminate straps due to the huge GG&G tomahawk sheath order I am constantly doing (we are at over 1000 now!!) SO I could make custom straps, with pull the dot snaps.
The secondary benefit (or primary depends on how you look at it) is that you do not have to use a drop leg attachment with this sheath !!!! because you only have to lift the blade about 2" then it is clear of the sheath.
Here are the pics,
It may take a couple of post to get them all but it will be worth it.
First some of my old break back sheaths;
Did this CS sheath about 8 years ago
This is my Turkey Busse did it about 5 years ago
Here is a Custom knife I did a break back sheath for about 3 months ago for the JD build-off
GG&G Hawk sheaths
Next will be the new ones
The other day I had a customer from Germany make a special request & challenge to me.
He wanted a NMFBM sheath but he wondered if I could do something like my speed holster rig where the spine of the knife is exposed.
I thought about it & I had done some sheaths where the back is able to spread apart,and the tension of the kydex kept the knife in there. (see pics below) but never a exposed back.
I have seen sheaths that the blade breaks through the edge part of the sheath in shoulder rigs, Those scare me
but never a fully exposed spine ?I looked around the net & could not find it in kydex.
I did see some that were like the break back sheaths I have made in years past.
The other contributing factor of being able to do this, is that I have become quite proficient at making rubber nylon laminate straps due to the huge GG&G tomahawk sheath order I am constantly doing (we are at over 1000 now!!) SO I could make custom straps, with pull the dot snaps.
The secondary benefit (or primary depends on how you look at it) is that you do not have to use a drop leg attachment with this sheath !!!! because you only have to lift the blade about 2" then it is clear of the sheath.
Here are the pics,
It may take a couple of post to get them all but it will be worth it.
First some of my old break back sheaths;
Did this CS sheath about 8 years ago
This is my Turkey Busse did it about 5 years ago
Here is a Custom knife I did a break back sheath for about 3 months ago for the JD build-off
GG&G Hawk sheaths
Next will be the new ones
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