if you want to make your own sheaths, you'll need a few things.
1. Kydex first off. lol.
2. A press to mold the kydex in (which can be purchased from knifekits.com) or you can make your own for a fraction of the price with some thick wood, hinges and some kydex molding foam which is recommended. You could use regular foam, but that stuff tends to stick or possibly melt.
3. if you want to set kydex rivets you'll need the rivets and kydex rivet flaring dies which again can be bought from knifekits.com. They are about $35.00 a set and they work very well. The rivets themselves come in 100 packs for like 12-15 bucks or something like that depending on size and length.
4. you'll need a press which knifekits.com also sells OR you can actually use a drill press and perhaps a piece of thick wood to hold the bottom die 90' degrees and put the top tie in the chuck and lock it down. The kydex press they sell is nothing but an arbor press which can be bought also at harbor freight at less than 1/2 the price.
5. a CHEAP0 toaster oven to heat up the kydex uniformly. Some use a heat gun, but after trial and error, i find them to be useless really when doing the initial heating and molding of the kydex. They work great for fine tuning the lockdown on the sheath though. =)
6. kydex drills to drll the holes. they are 9 bucks each and worth every penny in my opinion. They way they are designed cuts the kydex very clean. you can also use a regular 3/16" or 1/4" drill bit as well if you want to cut $$ as much as possible.
7. possibly a kydex making video which knifekits.com also sells or you can just do it by practice.
anything else question wise there is a ton of guys on here that do it daily!
Good luck!
