How to make a functional Kydex sheath

[Cliff Stamp]

I was never interested in Kydex sheaths because of poor brittle failure resistance, and in general a low tolerance to temperature extremes. Andrew Lynch has been working with Kydex for on ly a short time and has already looked to have made significant progress in significantly making Kydex a much more durable sheathing material. Ref :

http://www.bussecombat.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=001244

He also solved a retention issue which was that sheaths tight enough to offer solid retention were generally to hard to draw. His sheaths draw easily, no effort, yet the knife can withstand a direct draw of more than 75 lbs. He puts a small thumbramp which lowers the retention with a little push. When this is done the knife draws easily, but without it the blade is locked solid.

-Cliff

 

[Andrew Lynch]

Thanks Cliff!

Here are a few pics of the kydex-kevlar laminate sheath for those interested. There are some pics that show the belt attachment system that Carl developed and I put into kydex (which is extremely strong).

Now, once Cliff gets his hands on one of these sheaths, we will see how durable they really are