Now maybe it is just me but don't the hex head bolts present a greater surface area to snag on something rather than standard eyelets?
I also use "button head" screws, if you think that these will catch on things. I've never had a problem, myself. These other screws are evident in another picture I posted showing a SJTac
Seems to me if you just made a big enough drain hole you wouldn't need to be able to separate the kydex.
Ever have to sheath your knife when it was bloody or muddy? The whole idea of making it so you could remove the hardware was brought about by a friend that had trouble sheathing his knife kydex, because it had accumulated a bunch of debris along the way. You can only clean out so much from the opening and/or drain hole.
What keeps them from loosening in the field? Blue Loctite maybe? How easy is that to break free with minimal tools, which also stand the chance of getting lost while afield?
There are star washers under the screwposts, allowing you to crank down on the fastener without needing loctite. I've considered affixing the allen wrench to the sheath itself to assist in takedown, but it occurred to me that you'd hardly ever
need to do it afield. This is because it typically takes some time to accumulate enough debris for it to be a problem. I've also used thumb screws, making the design entirely tool-less, but I thought those
would be a snag magnet. Yes, you
could lose the screws, screwposts, allen wrench, sheath, knife and even your way. There are no guarantees in life !
It is just too bad you couldn't patent it way back in 1996. Of course it would be hard to prove that it had never been done before.
Patents are expensive (I checked) and easily thwarted. (He uses "x" whilst
I use "y", so it's 'different'.......")
I was just relating the first time _I_ used/developed an adjustable tension sheath.
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