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I have a problem. Like all problems there are two sides to the story, and I don't think that this forum is an appropriate place to air the details. I do think this is an appropriate place to ask the following questions, and being really new to the World of Fine Knives I need some help from the voices of experience.
1) Did the Basic Line contain knives with such a wide variation of specs and dimensions that it would be difficult or impossible to produce kydex sheaths for them without having the knives in hand to mold the sheaths around? For example, would there be something such as a "Larger Basic 5" and a "Smaller Basic 5?" Would there have been such a large deviation that Basic 7s would vary as much as 1/2" in length?
2) Has anyone in this forum who has had kydex sheaths made for their Basics found it necessary to provide their knives to the sheath maker?
3) If the answers to questions 1 and 2 are both "Yes", would it be normal for a sheath maker to omit asking for the knives up front, and then ask for them when the first batch of (already paid for) sheaths didn't fit any of the knives in question? In this particular context, "didn't fit" means either the knives won't go into the sheath at all or the knife falls out of the sheath when it's gently inverted and held perfectly still.
4) For that matter, would it be normal to have to furnish ANY production knife for that purpose, assuming that the sheath maker already had his own issue of the same knife?
I want to be reasonable, I really do, I just don't have enough experience to judge whether to take this at face value or not.
Can anyone give me a hand with this?
1) Did the Basic Line contain knives with such a wide variation of specs and dimensions that it would be difficult or impossible to produce kydex sheaths for them without having the knives in hand to mold the sheaths around? For example, would there be something such as a "Larger Basic 5" and a "Smaller Basic 5?" Would there have been such a large deviation that Basic 7s would vary as much as 1/2" in length?
2) Has anyone in this forum who has had kydex sheaths made for their Basics found it necessary to provide their knives to the sheath maker?
3) If the answers to questions 1 and 2 are both "Yes", would it be normal for a sheath maker to omit asking for the knives up front, and then ask for them when the first batch of (already paid for) sheaths didn't fit any of the knives in question? In this particular context, "didn't fit" means either the knives won't go into the sheath at all or the knife falls out of the sheath when it's gently inverted and held perfectly still.
4) For that matter, would it be normal to have to furnish ANY production knife for that purpose, assuming that the sheath maker already had his own issue of the same knife?
I want to be reasonable, I really do, I just don't have enough experience to judge whether to take this at face value or not.
Can anyone give me a hand with this?
