Home made CAK Kydex sheath - 2 large pics

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RedOnix76

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After doing some research on where and how to get a Kydex sheath for my CAK, I've realized it's not easy to find. I really didn't want to ship my knife out and wait a few weeks to get it back etc...I've decided to try and make it myself and here is the results. 1 full day worth of work with just a Dremel. I'm sure it would have gone faster if I had a bench grinder and jig saw and all that good stuff. Anyway here it is, let me know what you guys think? Still need to add a strap to keep the blade snugged and also add a belt clip/attachment. :p

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Wonder if you even need a strap. The handle appears like it snaps into the kydex securely. A strap might be a nice safety measure.
 
Thanks for the compliments guys.

Tony, I wouldn't mind making it for people if I had real tools to cut the process time. I'll keep you posted on this. Also material wise it only cost me about $25 so it's cheap in that sense, but it literally took me all day because all I had was a Dremel.


Bawanna, it's some what secure and will not pull all the way out by itself but will come out about 3 inches if I jiggle it down. Now if I swing it wildly I'm sure it'll fly out for sure, that's why I want to at least put a strap to keep it more secure. I was thinking either a black strap with Velcro. hopefully it'll look ok. I will try it out this weekend and post updates.
 
Dirtbiker,

Basically I got 2 pieces of wood plank about 10 x 30 and put a heavy duty hinge on one end. I bought a 24x24 Kydex sheath making foam (about 2 inch thick dense and spongy) from a knife making company. cut it to shape and Gorilla glued it to the planks. that's pretty much it. I put it in between and press it down and used a large C-Clamp to keep it tight until the Kydex hardened. I'll post pics of it when I get home if you guys are interested.
 
Man that looks really good, you did a great job on it. Im a leather guy mostly but I really like your sheath. Keep up the great work.
 
Very good work. As you carry it it will truly be yours.

I have an old knife of my dads that I rehandled decades ago. It has a crude handcarved walnut handle held on by brass bolts and nuts, but I wouldn't rehandle it because that work is a part of who I was at the time.
 
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