New "Slim-Fit" kydex Sheath from KyTac

[David E]

Here's a picture of the new ambidextrous "Slim-Fit" sheath I made for the Passaround SJ (it really needed a better sheath than what came with it!)

Note that the knife is retained by molding into the talon hole. This allows a FULL and COMPLETE unobstructed grip of the handle.

It withstands at least a 4 foot drop, NOT releasing the knife. Yet, it is easy to withdraw when needed.

It's put together with screws instead of eyelets or rivets. This allows the user to fully clean the interior of the sheath.

Of course, the thumb push-off is included, so you don't give yourself a wedgie while withdrawing the blade.

It's ultra-thin for less bulk, to ride close and save weight.

The large TekLok can be positioned for straight up carry, cross-draw, or horizontal carry.

The one problem is, since Busse made or makes talon holes of varying sizes and locations, I'd need the knife in the shop.

I mainly wanted to get a picture of the concept out there.

Comments?

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[swimmerdude1127]

That looks great!

I have a question, though... you said it could withstand a 4 ft drop without releasing the knife. Does this mean if you don't use the thumb ramp, it would be extremely hard to pull the knife out of the sheath?

Either way, looks good! :thumbup::thumbup:

 

[David E]

No, it's not too hard to pull it out without using the thumb ramp.

It simply holds the knife with a tension I'd describe as "just right."

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[swimmerdude1127]

That is awesome... being able to clean it as well is a HUUUGE plus IMO...

try taking a regular kydex sheath to the beach sometime and then clean it out :grumpy:

 

[Tree Herder V]

Awesome! I love such slim sheaths! :thumbup:

 

[VoxHog]

This looks like a good place to post a few pics of a sheath that David E recently crafted for me.

The workmanship, design, fit & finish are A+.

In the third pic you can see how the kydex is molded to "pop" into the rivit hole, the same idea as the SJ Talon hole lock in this thread. For the pics I didn't have the knife seated all the way into the sheath.

The effort required to pull the knife out of the sheath is excellent and the thumb push off has me spoiled.

I like the ability to open up the sheath in the field to clean it out so screws over rivits is a plus.

This sheath holds the knife by the handle, not the blade so there are zero rub marks. There is a tension adjuster built in so that I can change the grip tension if desired.

Fits one (or two) TekLoks with the versatile hole placement along the side. I wanted the option to rig this in a variety of carry styles.

Am I happy? YES! Big :thumbup: to KyTak.

 

[Heavy]

Looks great....

 

[kdstrick]

Very nice! I like the screw idea instead of rivets.

 

[ToyKnife]

Great kydex! The talon hole hold and thumb pull ramp are great features.

 

[BubbaThud]

Looks pretty cool. I want to handle one now.

 

[Yager]

all my kydex sheaths for Busse's use the talon hole retention method also.
some just use tension, some are pin locks.
if i have another makers kydex, i usually add a kydex pin lock.

 

[I'mGatMan!]

That sheath looks awesome. And now that I know you have a shop, I know where to send my FBMLE to get the slabs sanded down.