Brand new to Kydex -

[Maelstrom78]

Made my first one for a fillet knife I just finished! I like not having to hand saddle stitch haha!

It was fun and a learned a lot. It was .08 desert digicam and I think I broiled the pattern on one side. It got all sorts of little wrinkles in it. Perhaps it got too close to the heating element as I was doing it in a little toaster oven.

How close do you all get the rivets to the blade?

Looks like there are many ways to attach a belt loop as well.

Would anyone be so kind to point me towards a good, how-to or something similar?

Thanks!

 

[Maineiac1]

Simple Little Life on youtube has a few good videos on it. You heated the kydex too much is why wrinkles cam in. I keep the metal tray in my toaster oven, setting on bake and lay the kydex pattern side up on the tray after the oven has been up to temp at 275 for some time. let it stand for a few minutes while checking the softness of it occasionally, turn the temp up to 300 and once it feels pretty pliable I them throw it in the mold. Once cool I mark the holes for the eyelets starting at the handle working towards tip, I make my holes .75" apart for tek loks and the like, also will try and make the holes from the edge to spine 1.5" which will fit a tek lok also. Sometimes the 1.5" gap determines the relativity of the eyelets to blade. usually try and be about .2-.25" from blade.

 

[Maelstrom78]

Thanks much!