Couple of Sheaths from a (relative) newcomer

hunkachunka

hunkachunka

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Hi All,

I've been watching this and many other forums for a while now, and I've wanted to try my hand at some of the fabulous work I've seen from many of you...

Here are my first attempts at some kydex sheaths; one is for my Fallkniven F1 (which I received from the American Bushman on a trade), and the other is for my RAT-3 (unfortunately haven't been able to pick up the real deal yet, but it's still a great knife).

As I said, credit generally goes out to all of you who are posting about your experiences building sheaths, etc. Specific credit for some of the form/function I borrowed goes to Mike at Grindstone Cutlery and Martin Swinkels (master of the craft that he is; I'm in awe).

Let me know what you think...

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How tight is your FireSteel Loop?

I might be able to give you a tip on that...

And for the rest, it looks pretty darn good!

Marion
 
Cramsey, appreciate it. I know this is a hard crowd to please.

Martin, thanks brother. Means a lot coming from you. Love your work.

Bloodgroove, I'd be happy to make one for you; email me and we'll talk: gear@jesusvszombies.com

Marion, thanks to you, too; you do great work, and lots of it. My knives and firesteels are in pretty tight... Took me several tries to finally get it right across the board. BUT, I am ALWAYS open to learning from pro's that have already walked where I'm trying to go, so I'd love to hear about your methods; successes/failures, etc.
 
hunkachunka said:
Marion, thanks to you, too; you do great work, and lots of it. My knives and firesteels are in pretty tight... Took me several tries to finally get it right across the board. BUT, I am ALWAYS open to learning from pro's that have already walked where I'm trying to go, so I'd love to hear about your methods; successes/failures, etc.
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Man, I stand on the shoulders of giants.

I take the hot kydex/concealex (a piece about 2" by 6") and fold it, with the ends together. I put the FireSteel in the loop end, holding the ends together. Then, I take a former [like a ruler, but thicker, with rounded edges, custom built for this task (there is probably a technical term for this, like a negative or something, but I don't know the names,)], and use it to draw the material tight around the FireSteel, by pulling the ends away and pressing down on the material, against a surface. Once tight, I leave the former in place until it cools. Which in this case, as you know, is not very long.

It gives me a very tight Loop.

I hope that helps, and your work looks good, really.

Best,
Marion
 
Marion, that's a great idea, thanks very much. I've given some thought to specific molding techniques that tools would accomplish better than my basic press (or my fingers). What did you make the 'negative' from? How do you deal with one that is too tight? Rework it?
 
hunkachunka said:
Marion, that's a great idea, thanks very much. I've given some thought to specific molding techniques that tools would accomplish better than my basic press (or my fingers). What did you make the 'negative' from? How do you deal with one that is too tight? Rework it?
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I made mine from a cutting board, though I have seen them made from micarta and wood.

And as I only use it for the FireSteel Loops, too tight is not an issue, as far as I can tell.

I am planning on building a set of formers for all sort of different loops and attachments, I think I will likely make them out of Micarta.

Best,
Marion
 
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