First try, izula/HEST sheaths

[EricVR]

I recently decided to try to make some sheaths for my izula, HEST, and bk11. I was limited on tools, I had to bend the eyelets over with a hammer but im happy on how they came out (for my first ones at least). here they are tell me what you think :

 

[1066vik]

looks good - congrats!

 

[gundude73]

for a first attempt those look great man, :thumbup: keep up the good work.

 

[berandom]

Nice work! Were did you buy your supplies?

 

[Jack Callahan]

Looks nice man!

Like the profile of the HEST one.

Jack

 

[333rm]

Not bad at all for your first go around!

 

[adaman04]

Can you elaborate on the process you used? Did you make a press, etc?

 

[freedoom]

good job! At some point i'll have room enough to attempt to work with kydex like that.

 

[mainewoods]

Yes Looks Very Good My Friend! Congrats.

 

[EricVR]

Nice work! Were did you buy your supplies?

I got it at knifekits, I bought one of their sheath kits and an extra sheet of kydex

 

[EricVR]

Looks nice man!

Like the profile of the HEST one.

Jack

Thanks! The main reason I decided to try to make these is to make a pocket sheath for the HEST

Thanks everyone for your kind words!

 

[EricVR]

Can you elaborate on the process you used? Did you make a press, etc?

I used a toaster oven to heat it up and one of those tempurpedic pillow to form it! I thought the heat would mess up the pillow but it didn't do anything to it

 

[LittleSpartan]

Nice! What tools are needed to do this? Where can you get the Kydex sheets? I like!

 

[adaman04]

knifekits.com is where I ordered my kydex and supplies. Ordered the eyelet setter tool off ebay, but I heard the Tandy brand setter doesn't work with knife kits eyelets! Crap!

 

[SuicideFO]

Just takes time and practice. There's no secrets to it. Really not bad for your first time. You don't want to see my first.

Matt

 

[hoopster]

Looks good. If I could have done it all over, I would have invested it all the right tools from the start. They pay for themselves in just a few sheaths. You'd be surprised how many family and friends start wanting sheaths for knives, axes, flashlights, pistol magazines etc.
Knifekits.com has rivet dies for under $40 last I checked. Then you can find the cheapest arbor press on ebay and make the rivet pressing go a lot faster.
Have fun.

 

[EricVR]

Yea I think I should have atleast bought the hand setter tool

 

[borommokot]

wow dude, great job. i've been dying to try this myself, as i have a few knives i wanna make sheaths for. i'm just a little cautious about dropping the cash for all the supplies. you said you used the sheath kit and a tempurpedic pillow, but what did you use as a press? did you make one or use c-clamps to compress it to the blade?

 

[kg4miq]

Has anyone here tried using a vacuum press for forming the Kydex?

Is this overkill for forming?

I like this one better:

 

[RYP]

One idea I had is to leave an extra flap of kydex and fold it over to make a pocket clip. Also it needs a version with a 2" belt loop on each side.