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Survive! Sheaths and standard attachments that fit them
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That would work! Paracord wrap or totally naked 3.5?
Ha! For sureFor sure. Pics or it didn't happen, right?
Hard Knocks
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I'd probably keep it totally bare
But looking again at the angled setup in HaleStorm's picture, like you said, the 2.7 might be really sweet in that combo with scales left on.
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I think either could work well. Even a necker II depending on what kind of trouble you think you'll be getting in!
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Yes. The heavy stuff. .080
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Very cool! Looking forward to hearing how it works for you. Maybe even some pics???
Hale Storm, awesome set up. I like the piggyback and pouch. Now if you do that with a GSO 10 and 2.7, that would really be something
Hmmm..... Silver, I may need to get a 2.7 now and will blame you.
Houston, we have a problem...
Chiral and I have been exchanging emails and it seems the Fletcher sheath has the holes spaced 1.5" OC, but the UKE requires .75" instead. My knives are bought to be used, so under normal circumstances I don't have a problem doing mod's here or there. However, this Delta 5 is number 18 of just 40 that will ever be made. For me that's a bit different - and to be honest Dylan's kydex work is pretty darn nice - so I don't want to poke any holes in this sheath. I have to rethink this one.
I did order a black UKE to try on some of my other knives though, so I will be able to see how it works on something else.
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Ha! I'll take responsibility
Totally understandable. Do what works! Sounds like you have a good plan in place.
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Take another short piece of Kydex about the same width as the UKE. Put three holes at .75", run a short post and screw through the center to the lower UKE hole (slot), then you have holes spaced at 1.5" for attachment. Easy peasy.
Easy for you perhaps, but not me; I have neither Kydex nor DIY skills I'm afraid, which is why I reached out to Chiral in the first place.
I have plenty of ideas in my head but I don't have the hands to make them a reality unfortunately.
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Easy for you perhaps, but not me; I have neither Kydex nor DIY skills I'm afraid, which is why I reached out to Chiral in the first place.
Oops, should have prefaced with "Have Chiral". I see now that you've already ordered though. Long day.
If you want, shoot me an email with your addy and I'll drop you an adapter in the mail. I have a pile of cutoffs big enough to hide in, and it'll take 5 seconds to do.
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Easy for you perhaps, but not me; I have neither Kydex nor DIY skills I'm afraid, which is why I reached out to Chiral in the first place.
I can make this happen :thumbup:
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I'm bout to let my buddy use one of mine this weekend on his Laser strike. (I'm starting to miss that little piece if 1095) if he likes it you'll probably be getting an order for one soon.
Very kind offer, thank you! :thumbup:
Chiral saw your post and now he and I are working on something in the background. More to come...
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OK, my apologies as this will be a pic-full post as well as contain some detailed explanation:
Here is what I've got for the Jman, and my apologies for the dirth of non-S!K content. The knife is a Swamp Rat RMD, the sheath presented was made by J&G Designs (710 custom sheaths), it does have slots at 3/4" o.c. but they can be ignored as I'm not using them, instead I am only using the riveted holes at 1.5" o.c. just like your Fletcher sheath.
As Kiah, suggested, I made a small kydex strip with holes punched at 3/4" o.c. intervals. I made it a little longer and the center holes oblong to allow variation in measurements - things never fit perfectly from one sheath-maker to another
The strip and rubber spacers are placed between the extension and sheath.
The lower hole of the extension is attached to the strip via a short screw and pillar through the rubber spacer, separate from the sheath. This is your angle-adjustment hole, so be sure to attach it at the desired angle of carry.
The upper hole of the extension is threaded with a pillar that passes through the spacer, strip, and the upper hole of the sheath, secured with a screw, and the next hole of the sheath is threaded with a shorter screw+pillar that passes through just the strip, securing the lower end. The final hole of the strip is "just in case" - it shouldn't be in the way and it can serve to allow you to use the strip for another purpose such as attaching across the front of your sheath to hold a pouch, etc.
Now, if you're wondering why I don't just make the UKE with a base long enough to accommodate 1.5" o.c. in the first place, well, imagine how much of that base would stick out if you wanted your knife to hang at 45 like this one, noting how much already sticks out:
That's why. But I have enough scrap kydex on hand to make more of these strips as requested by customers.
Here is what I've got for the Jman, and my apologies for the dirth of non-S!K content. The knife is a Swamp Rat RMD, the sheath presented was made by J&G Designs (710 custom sheaths), it does have slots at 3/4" o.c. but they can be ignored as I'm not using them, instead I am only using the riveted holes at 1.5" o.c. just like your Fletcher sheath.
As Kiah, suggested, I made a small kydex strip with holes punched at 3/4" o.c. intervals. I made it a little longer and the center holes oblong to allow variation in measurements - things never fit perfectly from one sheath-maker to another
The strip and rubber spacers are placed between the extension and sheath.The lower hole of the extension is attached to the strip via a short screw and pillar through the rubber spacer, separate from the sheath. This is your angle-adjustment hole, so be sure to attach it at the desired angle of carry.
The upper hole of the extension is threaded with a pillar that passes through the spacer, strip, and the upper hole of the sheath, secured with a screw, and the next hole of the sheath is threaded with a shorter screw+pillar that passes through just the strip, securing the lower end. The final hole of the strip is "just in case" - it shouldn't be in the way and it can serve to allow you to use the strip for another purpose such as attaching across the front of your sheath to hold a pouch, etc.
Now, if you're wondering why I don't just make the UKE with a base long enough to accommodate 1.5" o.c. in the first place, well, imagine how much of that base would stick out if you wanted your knife to hang at 45 like this one, noting how much already sticks out:
That's why. But I have enough scrap kydex on hand to make more of these strips as requested by customers.
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chiral.grolim
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Thank you, Kiah, for the suggestion! :thumbup:
NOW, on a separate topic, pouch-attachment.
Halestorm already showed how mounting a couple of strips of plastic on your sheath will allow you to use the Blade-Tech MOLLE-lock strips to attach MOLLE-backed pouches like those from Maxpedition and, evidently, Kifaru. Condor's packs/pouches almost all come with their own snap-strip for such attachment, though that is not always as convenient as the MOLLE-locks though those are more expensive.
Well, here are some attachments of the Condor "i-Pouch" to sheaths using one of the Gen-1 MOLLE-locks, but first here it is attached to the Sagewood GSO-4.1 sheath via the "scout" snap-strips:
Here is a Gen-1 MOLLE-lock attached to a strip of plastic. You don't need to mount the lock to the strip, but I find it helpful to secure a pouch using only one strip. NOTE: you can do this with just about ANY piece of sufficiently thick polypropylene, or you can buy some kydex and mounting screws from your preferred source and cut to size.
But here is the genius of Kiah's MOLLE-clip. By mounting it sideways on the front of your sheath, the MOLLE-lock attaches just as easily if not more-so. You'll notice that my GSO-10 molle-clip has slots cut where once there were only holes - this allows me a greater variety of placement options on the sheath. I really like the molle-clip :thumbup:
NOW, on a separate topic, pouch-attachment.
Halestorm already showed how mounting a couple of strips of plastic on your sheath will allow you to use the Blade-Tech MOLLE-lock strips to attach MOLLE-backed pouches like those from Maxpedition and, evidently, Kifaru. Condor's packs/pouches almost all come with their own snap-strip for such attachment, though that is not always as convenient as the MOLLE-locks though those are more expensive.
Well, here are some attachments of the Condor "i-Pouch" to sheaths using one of the Gen-1 MOLLE-locks, but first here it is attached to the Sagewood GSO-4.1 sheath via the "scout" snap-strips:
Here is a Gen-1 MOLLE-lock attached to a strip of plastic. You don't need to mount the lock to the strip, but I find it helpful to secure a pouch using only one strip. NOTE: you can do this with just about ANY piece of sufficiently thick polypropylene, or you can buy some kydex and mounting screws from your preferred source and cut to size.
But here is the genius of Kiah's MOLLE-clip. By mounting it sideways on the front of your sheath, the MOLLE-lock attaches just as easily if not more-so. You'll notice that my GSO-10 molle-clip has slots cut where once there were only holes - this allows me a greater variety of placement options on the sheath. I really like the molle-clip :thumbup:
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Good point. Perhaps we should move this discussion to your UKE thread instead?
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No worries. This is exactly the kind of thing I was hoping this thread would bring.
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And thanks especially Hale, Chiral and Kiah for the input. My mind starts spinning with ways to do this stuff, and then one of you posts and I think, why didn't I think of that, ha