Sheath question

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Anyone have a good way to remove the brass cap at the end of the HI sheaths? I was wondering what would be best and what it would do the the leather underneath. I need a sheath that is black but without the brass cap for a dress functions (oh yes, I will be wearing a Sirupati or Tarwar for the yearly full dress inspection and photo at the PD . . . :cool:).
 
LOL!

How about getting some flat black paint? Or take it to an airbrush artist. I bet they could put a nice smooth coat on it.
 
Thought about the tried and true sharpie method but that usually wears off quick. Besides, gold is the brass' color and it would seem rather uppity of me to wear the same color as the chief's rank and badge . . . :)
 
Hair dryer should do it.

Polish the leather afterwards.

remember the brass will be hot.

:)
 
Ooooh, yeah, if I burn my hand, I can say I was injured and miss the dog and pony show.

But I will keep that in mind. Wonder what is used to adhere the brass cap to the leather?
 
How about getting some flat black paint? Or take it to an airbrush artist. I bet they could put a nice smooth coat on it.
Would leaving it on but applying the type of black lacquer as is used on the whippings on fishing rods work, especially if the brass had been keyed with steel wool?

Failing that, you could remove it and coat with matt black paint as for plastic model kits, but then stove it for a while in the oven - it would be much more durable then.
 
I just use a lighter to heat up the glue and the cap comes right off. It leaves a little shmutz behind. After the cap comes off, I dip the end in black rubber tool dip(the stuff for rubberizing handles and such) It looks really cool and protects and waterproofs the tip too.
 
Brass Black works real nice on the tip, cho and buttcap if you end up leaving them on .IMO. Kinda looks like blued steel, careful it will blacken steel too.

mark
 
Brass Black works real nice on the tip, cho and buttcap if you end up leaving them on .IMO. Kinda looks like blued steel, careful it will blacken steel too.

mark

That actually might be kind of cool... tactical khukuri! Its tactikhul!
 
Well, I'll try the hairdryer first. If that doesn't work, I'll try the lighter and dip idea but if that doesn't work, I'll pop over to Lowes for some brass black and some more steel wool.
 
I've removed a couple a few. You can always make a new tip out of leather to cover any issues if you find any. It would only take a small scrap of black leather and some contact cement to do this.
 
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