Sheaths.

No offense, P, but those are some of the most hideous sheaths I've ever seen in my life :barf:
 
knife hunter said:
thank you, Dwayne did a heck of a job on em.:cool:

Heres another by Rainwalker I found today, and its sweet too!

http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm221/knifehunter_album/Grails016.jpg

http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm221/knifehunter_album/Grails020.jpg
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fun with photoshop:
Grails020.jpg

Grails016.jpg


theres a wee bit more magenta in the image then I'd like, but I had a hard time adjusting it out without incurring to much green. as it is you get the warm gold of the wood with a tolerable amount of blue from the reflected light source. course I could be way off on this color correction :confused:

MustardMan said:
No offense, P, but those are some of the most hideous sheaths I've ever seen in my life :barf:
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jay does not pander to the hard use rugged image crowd. He is dedicated in his persuit to his "unique" visual style.
 
Yeah, I guess I could see myself getting sick of those pretty quick.. Ijust thought they were cool looking. I don't have any prior knowledge of Jay Fisher.


I still want Carbon Fiber...
 
P-Easy said:
Yeah, I guess I could see myself getting sick of those pretty quick.. Ijust thought they were cool looking. I don't have any prior knowledge of Jay Fisher.


I still want Carbon Fiber...
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http://www.jayfisher.com/

if you like stone handles, file embellished spines on every surface, 440c, and high polished everything, he's your man. if you like that sort of thing he has the largest collection of designs out there in that format. I dissagree with many of his comments regarding hard use and his choice of materials, but 440c is a classic steel that does well when heat treated properly.
 
Man, all of these elaborate designs makes me really happy that we have the "simple" sheath makers we do for our Busse blades. I would be very sad without Chuddy Bear and Mashet Cat and I would comment on the others but I don't own any.

To me a simple Chuddy Bear or Mashed Cat, depending on the blade, can't be beat period.:eek::thumbup::D;)
 
Last Visible Canary said:
http://www.jayfisher.com/

if you like stone handles, file embellished spines on every surface, 440c, and high polished everything, he's your man. if you like that sort of thing he has the largest collection of designs out there in that format. I dissagree with many of his comments regarding hard use and his choice of materials, but 440c is a classic steel that does well when heat treated properly.
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If I liked that sort of thing, I wouldn't be here. ;)

I just wanted an over the top sheath. :cool:
 
P-Easy said:
If I liked that sort of thing, I wouldn't be here. ;)

I just wanted an over the top sheath. :cool:
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man... I just remembered the kyex/kevlar/kydex megasheath project from years ago... wasn't it zal who was doing that one? the idea was that the kevlar would keep the sheath from cracking or fracturing in sub-zero conditions...
 
P-Easy said:
It just doesn't look the same..

Is it really that much of a PITA to mold wet CF around a taped up blade?

I'm ignorant, but is it?
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My knowledge on actual CF is nill, so not sure what would be involved. If it can be formed like that, then I imagine it's doable. Going outside the knife world and getting one made by a shop that makes other CF things may be an option.
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Kiah said:
My knowledge on actual CF is nill, so not sure what would be involved. If it can be formed like that, then I imagine it's doable. Going outside the knife world and getting one made by a shop that makes other CF things may be an option.
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Well, it is not like kydex, which is molded with heat.

It is more like Fiberglass. It is just a cloth, which you mix with resin, and it hardens.

Not much too it.. I guess it is hard to make it look good...
 
P-Easy said:
Well, it is not like kydex, which is molded with heat.

It is more like Fiberglass. It is just a cloth, which you mix with resin, and it hardens.

Not much too it.. I guess it is hard to make it look good...
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Ah, I see. My materials knowledge is limited. I get to remember my name that way.
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P-Easy said:
Well, it is not like kydex, which is molded with heat.

It is more like Fiberglass. It is just a cloth, which you mix with resin, and it hardens.

Not much too it.. I guess it is hard to make it look good...
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if I remember correctly valley tin works experimented with wet molding (and pressing) home made canvas micarta sheaths. I recall him commenting that he almost wasn't able to extract the knife afterwards. But thats micarta, wich is probably significantly different then thinner carbon fiber.
 
Carbon fiber/epoxy composites are generally cured under heat and pressure. But since a knife sheath does not need the same ultimate properties, you might be able to devise a wet molding process combined with a room temperature cure resin system.
 
resinguy said:
Carbon fiber/epoxy composites are generally cured under heat and pressure. But since a knife sheath does not need the same ultimate properties, you might be able to devise a wet molding process combined with a room temperature cure resin system.
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What if they had the knife wrapped in the resin-soaked CF, and used a simple heat gun, or hell, put it in their kydex oven.

I think it can be done.. and I need it.:cool:
 
Bigfattyt said:
(re French's Mustard patina patterns) you can do all kinds of sweet patterns. The longer you let it sit, the deeper the etch. If you do a bunch of repeated layers you can get a look very similar to pattern welded damascus.
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hmmm, who knew... that's pretty neat. thanks for sharing.
 
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