bk-10 kydex sheath group buy?

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JV3

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mods, if this is not allowed please delete...i know it's kinda early but the nylon sheath sucks. i was thinking if one of us sends his/her bk-10 to one of the forum's kydex benders as a template and let's say 50 of us order at the same time we can get a price break and only 1 person gets hassled with sending the bk-10 out? i volunteer bladite's bk-10 since he's got plenty and can risk losing one to ups/usps :p

...i like kiah's work based on what i've seen on this forum. not friends with him, or getting any financial benefits, etc. just saying...or is there a beckerhead that can bend kydex for us?
 
Jay,

as soon as I get mine I'm going to make a sheath for it.. I'd have no problem hooking up BH's with a slamming deal, tek locs, firesteels etc..

it is nice to have multiple knives for production, 3-4 knives make it happen.. 1 knife is a slow go...

only prob I'm pressed for time until after the 14th..

take care,
 
I'll sanction this. If ya'll can find a BFC Kydex Bender you want to work with, we'll do something to help out.

Moose
 
Im in and I'll volunteer my Camillus BK10 user when Gundude is done with it. If all the specs are the same I mean.
 
Battle Creek Knives said:
Jay,

as soon as I get mine I'm going to make a sheath for it.. I'd have no problem hooking up BH's with a slamming deal, tek locs, firesteels etc..

it is nice to have multiple knives for production, 3-4 knives make it happen.. 1 knife is a slow go...

only prob I'm pressed for time until after the 14th..

take care,
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sweetness. i was thinking get the holes lined up like the esee-5's sheath so for those willing to spend more, they can buy the esee-5/6 molle back and bam! here's my jerry-rigged machete sheath:

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moosez45 said:
I'll sanction this. If ya'll can find a BFC Kydex Bender you want to work with, we'll do something to help out.

Moose
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thanks, moose.


Murphnuge said:
Im in and I'll volunteer my Camillus BK10 user when Gundude is done with it. If all the specs are the same I mean.
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thanks. if there's enough of us ordering, i figured the rest can all chip in and cover your shipping expenses at least.
 
The group-buy sheath idea started a few hours before you posted this thread. Everyone's got their preferences, some Kydex, some leather, some hybrids and some Cordura/Spec Ops style. It's going to be nigh on impossible to get everyone to agree on one style/base material. I'm a Kydex/leather hybrid guy myself, but besides the stock BK2 sheath (which I hate), I have yet to try an all-Kydex rig (for a knife, got a couple for my guns), so I would be willing to come off my preference for leather in this instance just to try it out. I'm not sure there's going to be a consensus on base materials though. I think getting 50 together for the buy is probably WAY optimistic, at least until all the non-Beckerhead knives are out there in circulation too, but then you defeat the purpose of doing a BH group buy.

We've got a rising star as a leathersmith in MyWifeThinksImCrazy, and it's only natural that a lot of Beckerheads will want to give him first shot at the deal.

I also have a reason for suggesting a particular craftsman, Michael Volclae, because for one, he made my BK2 sheath (which I found out today that the 10 fits in it even better than the 2 - go figure), but more importantly (to me anyway) is that he lives in Joplin, MO and lost nearly everything in the tornado there a couple or three months ago. He had to sell the majority of his knife collection to keep his head above water. Not sure of his status as of right now, but he's an incredible craftsman and artisan who needs the work real bad, and if he's up and running, it would be a way for Beckerheads to contribute to a fellow Blade Forumer's recovery effort and still get an incredible sheath out of the deal.

It's just a suggestion though. I'll be glad to follow on this one, as opposed to leading or getting in the way. I'll subscribe to this thread and keep an eye on it to see where the idea goes.

Blues
 
BluesStringer said:
I also have a reason for suggesting a particular craftsman, Michael Volclae, because for one, he made my BK2 sheath (which I found out today that the 10 fits in it even better than the 2 - go figure), but more importantly (to me anyway) is that he lives in Joplin, MO and lost nearly everything in the tornado there a couple or three months ago. He had to sell the majority of his knife collection to keep his head above water. Not sure of his status as of right now, but he's an incredible craftsman and artisan who needs the work real bad, and if he's up and running, it would be a way for Beckerheads to contribute to a fellow Blade Forumer's recovery effort and still get an incredible sheath out of the deal.
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I second this... Joplin was a disaster and those in it never knew what hit them, its hard to even imagine what it feels like to have your world turned upside down..

Of course costs are always a factor... I make leather and kydex and I'm somewhat familiar of the time involved, and I know its a market thing but I still find myself blown away by the prices some people ask.. put it this way, a sheath should never by any means cost more then the knife, but you find them out there.. just blows my mind..
 
Any of you ever thought about investing in a kydex sheath making kit? A foam press set, eyelet tool press, a few pieces of kydex and thermal gun should do the trick. I am getting one because virtually all Becker knifes could do with better sheaths.
 
bullosa said:
Any of you ever thought about investing in a kydex sheath making kit? A foam press set, eyelet tool press, a few pieces of kydex and thermal gun should do the trick. I am getting one because virtually all Becker knifes could do with better sheaths.
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I've thought of that, but haven't investigated it enough to know exactly everything I'd need.
 
@JV3

I asked Kiah to hook up my CRK Nyala to work with the ESEE3/4 MOLLE and it works perfect. This was the first pic I got from him and he put some extra holes so the elastic could stretch over it. Went to the top of my user list with the new sheath.

Good stuff, I want to see how well the BK10 holds up with my new Combat Master first before I jump in tho. Let us know if you get any prices from someone!?

Thanks!
 

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Jay, I think Kiah does outstanding work, I'm not familiar with Michael that Blues mentioned but like his idea.. Not to break the rules, but again I think it boils down to cost for most and apples to apples.. while a sheath that size may bring $25-$30 you start adding tek-loks, steel holders etc and it can creep a little more.. again a group buy is the way to go to keep down cost of manufacturing..

Bullosa:Many people don't want the hassle setting up a kydex shop besides the mere fact that it will cost you a couple hundred dollars for the essentials..
 
In addition to grinding on my BK10, I'm dying my scales black and going with a black Spec-Ops Combat Master.
You know, for all my dark-ops operations...
 
Battle Creek Knives said:
I second this... Joplin was a disaster and those in it never knew what hit them, its hard to even imagine what it feels like to have your world turned upside down..
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I live in North Alabama in the heart of the 4/27/11 swarm-storm area, so I do know what Joplin was/is going through. Michael and I aren't friends, I just ran across his website while looking for a US-based sheath maker ala Martin Swinkles, but I'd say we're simpatico as far as the shared experiences of making it through killer storms.

Battle Creek Knives said:
...put it this way, a sheath should never by any means cost more then the knife, but you find them out there.. just blows my mind..
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I kind of get what you're saying, and certainly I would expect that "rule" to be true in a large group buy, but I don't necessarily agree with the premise. My sheath that I got from Michael cost quite a bit more than the $68 I spent for the BK2, but I wasn't buying just a sheath, I was completing a component of a survival system. I spend way more on other components of that system, like guns for instance, so to spend around $200 bucks (that's total, for knife and sheath) on an indispensable part of it doesn't seem unreasonable to me at all.

And then there's the artistic value associated with fine leather work. In a hybrid sheath system, there's really no *need* for the leather. There's no real functional advantage to the leather either. Some would even argue that the disadvantages outweigh the aesthetics, like they're heavier than Kydex, or if not treated right, they get wet and stay wet for a long time, which adds even more weight. It just looks and feels so much better to me than plastic though. The aesthetics are worth a premium price to a point for me. They're not worth *any* price, like for instance, I really like the Hedgehog sheath, but it wouldn't matter if I was putting a $1,000 knife in it, they're not worth $300 to me, though that would satisfy the equation you're going on by a wide margin.

Anyway, leather or otherwise, I would think we could find a price in a group buy that doesn't exceed the price of the BH BK10, but I can't agree that, "a sheath should never by any means cost more then the knife." Actually, that "rule" would make it harder for a Becker fan to ever have a fine sheath, because Becker knives are such a great value! :thumbup:

Blues
 
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