Kydex Reccomendation for an M-43

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Empire_ian

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Since I'm getting a new kukiri I'd like to get a scabbard that won't get hurt in water or snow. I need to get a new scabbard in the next two months and I live in Western Washington.

Can anyone recommend someone that makes good kydex scabbards?
What style do you recommend? I like scabbards like the nepalese type that allow you to make a draw cut because martially its really bad to have to move your hand back before you move it forward, is there any way to draw cut from a drop leg style?

Thanks.
 
Just curious, which khukuri are you getting? There was someone else on this forum who had someone make him some sheaths, should still be up on the lists. Oh and welcome to the forum!
 
It was "My khuks are back and they have new pants" post. Bottom of first page. He could probably help you out.
 
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Not sure if this your requirements for unsheathing, but it works well in a drop leg configuration.

Mashed Cat Outfitters, Eric Lind does great stuff.
 
DiscusMan said:
Just curious, which khukuri are you getting? There was someone else on this forum who had someone make him some sheaths, should still be up on the lists. Oh and welcome to the forum!
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an 18 inch villager M-43, the one that was on sale a couple days ago.
 
Those quick release ones are nice but its a two stroke movement so it's not ideal, I'm thinking the only way to draw in a single stroke is probably to have it at belt level on a frog, I'm not sure if anyone makes kydex like that.
 
Empire_ian said:
Those quick release ones are nice but its a two stroke movement so it's not ideal, I'm thinking the only way to draw in a single stroke is probably to have it at belt level on a frog, I'm not sure if anyone makes kydex like that.
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If there's a bender out there that can have retention all in the handle (so the handle is the part that clicks in) with a half open spine, it could potentially be a single movement, but it will be spine out first.

IMO, the blade shape isn't suited for katana like drawing.
 
You can manage a horizontal draw cut out of the normal scabbards if you do it ghurka style, but it would be hard to make a kydex scabbard that can be turned the full 90 degrees to be flat at belt level.

I suppose it would be alright even if you can't make a draw cut, so long as you can raise the blade in a single stroke.

Do you figure one of those half spined holsters would let you lift the thing into a high guard with a single stroke from a dominant hand drop leg platform?

Drop legs with straps that go around seem to be the most comfortable so I guess that is probably my best solution for carrying it in the woods.
 
I made mine this way:

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ASTK model with new skirt sans Tek-Lok. It will be carried with a shoulder strap.
 
The M-43's a big blade, and carrying it properly and comfortably is important. Mine is 17" and 32oz., and that's a lot of steel to pack. I never got comfortable with that much blade strapped to my leg. Most of the time, if my M-43 isn't in the regular frog on my belt, then it's tucked into the small of my back, underneath my pistol belt.

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The old Sarki Shop rig.


No pics yet, but I wrapped about 30 feet of 550 cord around my M-43's scabbard and it works well. When I sent my sheath to the now-defunct Sarki Shop for a new frog, it came back with new cowhide instead of the water-buffalo hide that it left with. I decided to use 550 cord, also known as parachute cord, to protect the leather, and it looks bad-a**, too. Another benefit is that the old frog still fits on any belt, and if you need cordage in the woods, you have some available.
 
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