Pics of my Custom Clear Kydex Sheaths

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Riz!

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So I dabble in sheath making and recently got some holstex (kydex) in "mirage" aka clear. I made these sheathes in my kitchen/workshop.





So to start wrap the blade in painters tape. This helps prevent an extremely tight fit, which lessens scratching from insertion and withdrawal of the blade. You can see I bent a piece of coat hanger and ran it along the spine and off the point to create a drainage channel. Then heat the plastic and mold the knife in a press. I use washers to eyeball the spacing for the rivets. I ended trying something new which you will see in a minute.



Here is the finished product. It does take some hand tensioning with a heat gun to get the retention just right.



Here is the drainage hole.



The mouth.



The finished product



On the belt...



And the complete set...



Hope you guys like it!
 
I have no clue why, but some of the pics are upside down. Sorry!!
 
I think it's a problem with my press, Whenever I take something out it's always a bit warped around the edges. I don't if that's common or just me.
 
I use three irwin quick clamps from lowes. They provide a really hard squeeze, really fast. It helps distribute the pressure evenly and once i started that it eliminated the wavy/warped edges
 
I like the look of the clear kydex, but my brain seems to see it as Zip-Loc bag type plastic. I'm visualizing the knives cutting right through it.
 
It took me a few times to look at the picture, but I think I get your joke now! There was no intent to emulate any human anatomy!
 
Nice work. Simple and clean. One of the nice things about working with kydex is you can fabricate with it in your house. I live in a condo, no garage. I can make a sheath after work in my living room. Of course I'm not married.
 
This is another sheath I made recently. Its not a SURVIVE but there is a necker in the photo so I guess its cool to post it here.







I am really loving the hybrid Kydex sheath with a leather belt loop. Its sort of become my trademark style. This is a new design of loop for me. I took the idea from the old kbar leather sheaths
 




Get yourself a cheap leather punch from a craft store. It makes crafting belt loops much easier.
 
I also plan on making a loop that allows for a cross draw. It will attach to the sheath so that the handle leans forward, edge down.
 
Riz2530 said:
I also plan on making a loop that allows for a cross draw. It will attach to the sheath so that the handle leans forward, edge down.
Click to expand...

If you need some ideas for how to make that work most easily, have you seen my "universal kydex extension" piece?
I should be ready to start selling these on the bladeforums exchange in a few days - I only have ~20 complete and ready to ship, want to have a lot so as not to keep folks waiting if they send a request. I only make them in black and OD-green so far, but you can see how i designed it to accept rotation for cross-draw:

[video=youtube;COKvk-AcNzk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COKvk-AcNzk[/video]
 
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