Stiff Boltaron Sheath

Rebel Nimrod

Rebel Nimrod

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I recently bought several of the mules and a leather as well as a Boltaron sheath. My Boltaron sheath is very stiff and it is difficult to remove the knife from it, I mean darn hard to get it out even using my thumb to help push it out. Does it loosen up with use? If not, I’ll have to try heating it up and bending it some. Other wise I like the sheath very much and the mules are great!
 
I have a Swick 3 that I had to order a brand new boltaron sheath for. Yes it was suuuuper stiff BUT yes it loosened up :) the Swick is a tiny knife so it honestly didn't take too long, I would practice quick drawing it for fun and then try to resheath without looking. In about a week or two it was comfortably broken in.
 
My mules work fine with the boltaron sheath. Bought the sheath last year. I like it alot too. It should just pop off and in too.
 
lieferung said:
I have a Swick 3 that I had to order a brand new boltaron sheath for. Yes it was suuuuper stiff BUT yes it loosened up :) the Swick is a tiny knife so it honestly didn't take too long, I would practice quick drawing it for fun and then try to resheath without looking. In about a week or two it was comfortably broken in.
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I was hoping use would help, thanks! Wearing the 20CV cross draw right now!
 
lieferung said:
How do you like 20cv? I've heard people compare it to n390
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20cv, m390 and 204p are essentially the same steel. They are made slightly different in a few ways from the process(s), to the micron size of the grains. Only differences a user may see would be in the heat treatment that would likely vary from brand to brand.
 
lieferung said:
How do you like 20cv? I've heard people compare it to n390
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Today’s the first day I’ve used it. I can say this, it came as sharp as any knife I’ve bought since I got my Murray Carter many years ago. Brought the mule up to my family farm in the mountains of North Carolina and so far today I’ve used it to cut down some nettles in the fields, open bags of fertilizer and to trim some wood. The wood was an old hickory handle on a post hole digger probably 50 years old, very hard and dried. Had to ream out the edges of a hole in it by sticking the thin tip in and twisting, scraping and cutting till it was smooth enough to use. At this point the blade will still shave, including the tip, but not as hair popping as it was. I LIKE it so far!
 
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