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Hello all!
I am new here and thought I'd post the results of my first kydex (0.93") knife sheath project for a CGFBM. I thought long and hard on many features/carry options I wanted on my sheath and then proceeded to achieve them through a combination of careful planning and improvised fixing whenever things didn't work out (ie. cutting too much on part of a straight line and having to reduce the whole edge to accomodate straightness).
The tek-lok can be mounted at straight, 22.5 deg, 45 deg angles (and 90 deg) and can be mounted either above the handle (with three screws for strength) or below the handle (two bolt mounting and where most sheaths have the tek-lok). All chicago screws below that point are spaced so I can mount a tek-lok at 90 degree angles anywhere where there are holes.
Slight burn from heat gun on back of sheath that happened in the first five minutes of using heat (doh!). Will probably paint some cheesy logo to cover it up at some point. The black spacer is steel that is about the same thickness as the kydex. I used this as a spacer for the chicago screws and to add stiffness for the upper handle mounting positions. Painted with a plasticized enamal paint that got roughed up wherever the screws are mounted so I may strip it down and get it powdercoated in the future for better looks. The metal backing was finished very nicely with countersunk holes and everything and now it looks sort of like it was dipped in tar.
Safety pin included for safe carry in this position but the knife retention is very solid and there is no rattle. The thumb ramp helps a lot for one handed removal of knife. Saw this idea on the dogfather sheath and decided to utilize it. There is a natural drain hole located at the very bottom of the folded edge.
Excuse the dirty mirrors.
This is the mounting position I was aiming for. Helps to have a solid belt. It feels pretty good and should nestle beside a day pack nicely. It may need some cord or straps around the upper body/knife sheath to stabilize it but it feels pretty good walking around the house. If it totally sucks in actual use I can alway chop that section off but so far I like it. It works good for my hand size but larger hands would probably not work as well.
The sheath feels really good in an angled cross-draw position too! On the right hip straight up and down the sheath/knife feels great but it is awkward to draw the knife.
And I paid in blood. Five or six stitches on left index finger. This only happened because of the fitting process for the upside down option and is why I added a safety pin. The retention was not molded very tight at that time. At that point the sheath was only maybe 1/3 done and I figured since I did pay in blood I had better make sure it kicked ass if it was to be finished at all. So I was back to work on it two days later.
Hope you enjoyed this and opinions/comments would be appreciated!
I am new here and thought I'd post the results of my first kydex (0.93") knife sheath project for a CGFBM. I thought long and hard on many features/carry options I wanted on my sheath and then proceeded to achieve them through a combination of careful planning and improvised fixing whenever things didn't work out (ie. cutting too much on part of a straight line and having to reduce the whole edge to accomodate straightness).
The tek-lok can be mounted at straight, 22.5 deg, 45 deg angles (and 90 deg) and can be mounted either above the handle (with three screws for strength) or below the handle (two bolt mounting and where most sheaths have the tek-lok). All chicago screws below that point are spaced so I can mount a tek-lok at 90 degree angles anywhere where there are holes.
Slight burn from heat gun on back of sheath that happened in the first five minutes of using heat (doh!). Will probably paint some cheesy logo to cover it up at some point. The black spacer is steel that is about the same thickness as the kydex. I used this as a spacer for the chicago screws and to add stiffness for the upper handle mounting positions. Painted with a plasticized enamal paint that got roughed up wherever the screws are mounted so I may strip it down and get it powdercoated in the future for better looks. The metal backing was finished very nicely with countersunk holes and everything and now it looks sort of like it was dipped in tar.
Safety pin included for safe carry in this position but the knife retention is very solid and there is no rattle. The thumb ramp helps a lot for one handed removal of knife. Saw this idea on the dogfather sheath and decided to utilize it. There is a natural drain hole located at the very bottom of the folded edge.
Excuse the dirty mirrors.
This is the mounting position I was aiming for. Helps to have a solid belt. It feels pretty good and should nestle beside a day pack nicely. It may need some cord or straps around the upper body/knife sheath to stabilize it but it feels pretty good walking around the house. If it totally sucks in actual use I can alway chop that section off but so far I like it. It works good for my hand size but larger hands would probably not work as well.
The sheath feels really good in an angled cross-draw position too! On the right hip straight up and down the sheath/knife feels great but it is awkward to draw the knife.
And I paid in blood. Five or six stitches on left index finger. This only happened because of the fitting process for the upside down option and is why I added a safety pin. The retention was not molded very tight at that time. At that point the sheath was only maybe 1/3 done and I figured since I did pay in blood I had better make sure it kicked ass if it was to be finished at all. So I was back to work on it two days later.
Hope you enjoyed this and opinions/comments would be appreciated!
