Kydex for the BK7/14

Mohawkwarrior · Feb 26, 2013

So used my last piece of 0.060 Kydex to make a couple sheaths for my Beckers.

waiting on some 0.080 Kydex to make a better pair of sheaths.
kinda messed up on the big sheath. The both have great retention.

Psyop · Feb 26, 2013

Looks like a good functional rig.

sngen19 · Feb 26, 2013

Did you cut those out with a utility knife? With the big one especially, that's how the edges of my first couple sheaths looked after I cut, shaped, and sanded them entirely by hand. It gets a lot better with practice.

tman038 · Feb 26, 2013

Nice job. Better than i could do anyday. Thanks for sharing

Mohawkwarrior · Feb 26, 2013

sngen19 said:
Did you cut those out with a utility knife? With the big one especially, that's how the edges of my first couple sheaths looked after I cut, shaped, and sanded them entirely by hand. It gets a lot better with practice.

I used tin snips to cut them roughly them. then sanded with my orbital sander then a dremel with a flappy disc. used a piece of emery cloth to shine the edges. I've also used a cutting disc on my dremel but it's messy.

I don't have any of the tool the pro's have . Bandsaw drillpress belt sander Etc. Maybe some day.

bsmith_shoot · Feb 27, 2013

Looks great man. They might not be as pretty as The 710 or Godspeed, but they are every bit as functional I bet.

summit2g · Feb 27, 2013

Looks pretty good bro. The one tool you should get is a belt sander. $40 at Harbor Freight. I don't have a bad saw or a drill press. Not really needed. Those are luxury items lol. I would like to get those 2 in the future though to make it easier.

Mohawkwarrior said:
I used tin snips to cut them roughly them. then sanded with my orbital sander then a dremel with a flappy disc. used a piece of emery cloth to shine the edges. I've also used a cutting disc on my dremel but it's messy.

I don't have any of the tool the pro's have . Bandsaw drillpress belt sander Etc. Maybe some day.

sngen19 · Feb 27, 2013

Mohawkwarrior said:
I used tin snips to cut them roughly them. then sanded with my orbital sander then a dremel with a flappy disc. used a piece of emery cloth to shine the edges. I've also used a cutting disc on my dremel but it's messy.

I don't have any of the tool the pro's have . Bandsaw drillpress belt sander Etc. Maybe some day.

Yeah, I don't have any tools either. Your process sounds a lot like mine. And it is possible to produce almost-professional quality sheaths like that (minus some of the "look and feel")...it just takes a whole lot longer. But hey, I've always thought that as long as the thing holds your knife securely and without damaging it, it doesn't matter much how it looks on the outside. So well done; you've gotten what you need. And I like the piggyback system; I haven't really tried that myself yet.