Sheath.

TwinStick said:
Don't sweat it. No matter what knife you bought, the sheath would not have been "up to par", IMHO anyways. Not even ESSE or a custom knife have sheaths that i like. Many a knife would never be sold if they had a good custom sheath--as the initial price would keep many from buying it. To each their own, but i like VERY specific details in my sheaths. There more than a few leather & kydex makers on here that do AWESOME work.

Things in a sheath that are important to me (for a user knife)

Able to be drawn with one hand & done so quietly if need be. Thumb rests/ramp in kydex help to do this.
Able to be re-sheathed with one hand with an audible "click", so i KNOW it is secured without looking.
Large drain hole, so it don't get plugged all the time with debris, yet can be cleaned if it does.
Drop leg swivel with HD hardware & an wide elastic leg strap w/q-release buckle, for all day comfort while working/hiking/entering & exiting vehicles/atvs/utvs/horses, etc...
The ability to add a second smaller knife to the first sheath & be able to mount it in multiple positions.

Note: Kydex can & will break or crack. More so in cold weather. So can the hardware. When clearing a shooting lane during pre-hunting season once, i was heading back to my truck & found a knife on the ground still in it's sheath. It was mine. While pushing through thick brush hard while walking backwards, it actually broke all of the aluminum "Chicago screw" nuts that were holding the small sheath to the BK9. Glad i found it. Went to hardware store & bought new bolts & locknuts.
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well as long as it holds the knife and doesnt dull it its good for me :P
 
well my mom said i could use one of her purses but it ended up being fake leather (cloth with rubbery junk poured on it to appear as leather) so would that work?
 
Walrus,

Send me an email (you can find the address in the contact page of my website) and give me your mailing address. I will send over an old prototype leather BK11/14 sheath I've got laying around, wont cost you anything.

I'd rather you have a good leather sheath than to try and make one from "pleather". Trust me, that purse or handbag leather isnt worth a second of your time trying to make something out of it. ;)
 
Walrus,

Send me an email (you can find the address in the contact page of my website) and give me your mailing address. I will send over an old prototype leather BK11/14 sheath I've got laying around, wont cost you anything.

I'd rather you have a good leather sheath than to try and make one from "pleather". Trust me, that purse or handbag leather isnt worth a second of your time trying to make something out of it.
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I love this place! Such awesome people here.
 
Goose_52 said:
Walrus,

Send me an email (you can find the address in the contact page of my website) and give me your mailing address. I will send over an old prototype leather BK11/14 sheath I've got laying around, wont cost you anything.
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This is just full of win (which is of course made of Becker's and bacon)
 
Goose_52 said:
Walrus,

Send me an email (you can find the address in the contact page of my website) and give me your mailing address. I will send over an old prototype leather BK11/14 sheath I've got laying around, wont cost you anything.

I'd rather you have a good leather sheath than to try and make one from "pleather". Trust me, that purse or handbag leather isnt worth a second of your time trying to make something out of it. ;)
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when i need sheaths, and have the money to do so, im most certainly buying from you ;)
 
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