Toaster Oven Sheath fix FAIL!

Haze240

Haze240

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Well I finally picked up my BK7 in the other day, and figured out pretty quickly that I just couldnt live with that huge, rattling hallway they call a sheath insert. I cut the threads on one side of the sheath, removed the plastic liner, and tossed it in the toaster oven for a minute until it was nice and malleable, and then slid the knife in, and pressed down with carboard until i had a nice, formed sheath liner.

Well that would have been the idea had I not ended up walking away to take care of something, forgetting the liner in the toaster oven. Came back a few minutes later, and this is what i found. A molten, globby mess reminiscent of the sheath liner. The frustration was immediately taken out by chopping the globby mess a few times with the BK7, to no avail.

And so i share with you my sheath-mod-fail, as a warning to others...pay attention to what you're doing.

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The current liner is a carboard/duct tape custom piece, by myself. While not as durable as the plastic one, it sure holds the blade better, and is alot quieter... A fieldmaster/combat master sheath was ordered about 15 minutes after this mess. I will not repeat this if I have to mold the fieldmaster sheath.
 
If you do that to enough liners then you can lace them together and make some gaiters.
Always thinking. ;0
 
Yikes, that is a mess. You hear that kids? When you put plastics in the oven, pay attention!

(I share your pain, I have managed to do this as well before. Toaster oven didn't smell right for a week.)
 
right. boiling. only boiling. nobody EVERY said anything about toaster oven. also, that can outgas and produce toxic chemicals.

and forgetting? holy shiteze man! get test for dementia ;) :D :D :D

no, better yet, send me your knives. good cthulhus :>
 
Actually i read in a thread here to put it in an oven at 200 degrees, so i figured the toaster oven at 200 would work as well. Also read to use a blowdryer, but oddly didnt see anything about boiling, probably should have looked a little harder lol. I Didn't really forget, as it was more dealing with a sick cat that was spewing all kinds of vile evil on my sleeping bag in the other room that kept me from getting back to it... funny how your priorities can change when that kinda stuff happens.
 
Holy crap! Sorry about your sheath. I've put vehicle headlight assemblies in the oven before to remove the orange reflectors inside the plastic cover and I don't think I've put the oven at 200 degrees.
 
a good cautionary tale. i can imagine this saving others from a similar fate. good call on the boiling water, too!
 
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