Just wondering if anyone knows why the overwhelming majority (all that I have seen) of taco style sheaths put the rivets on the blade side rather than the spine side. Seems like the rivets (especially if they are metallic) could potentially dull the blade more quickly than contacting the kydex.
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Taco Question
- Thread starter Sheckey
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Good question 
If a Taco was reversed, the edge of the knife would be more likely to make contact with the inside spine of the sheath, dulling the knife and (possibly) cutting the sheath. When a Taco is done right, nit only are the rivets far enough away to avoid being contacted by the edge, but the edge actually does NOT contact ANYTHING. The two pieces of kydex actually contact eachother (close) slightly past where the edge of the knife rests. Am I explaining this, well enough?
When a Taco is folded in the direction they all seem to be, its shape closely matches that of the blade itself - wide on one side and tapered down to an edge on the other.
If a Taco was reversed, the edge of the knife would be more likely to make contact with the inside spine of the sheath, dulling the knife and (possibly) cutting the sheath. When a Taco is done right, nit only are the rivets far enough away to avoid being contacted by the edge, but the edge actually does NOT contact ANYTHING. The two pieces of kydex actually contact eachother (close) slightly past where the edge of the knife rests. Am I explaining this, well enough?
When a Taco is folded in the direction they all seem to be, its shape closely matches that of the blade itself - wide on one side and tapered down to an edge on the other.