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A while back our mate Trailbum gave away a couple of Kydex BK15 sheaths and somehow I managed to end up winning one (yay me!). I showed off my bounty in a drunken thread I made showcasing the beautiful quality of said sheath plus my BILs 15 which I think is awesome. In the comments section I mentioned that I had plans with the sheath and that I'd show it off again once I had finished. Well. Believe it or not I actually sat down later that night and did what I set out to do. And then got f'schnickered again and promptly forgot to post it up. Until now. So. Without further ado, here is my Trailbum BK15 baldric-carry combo sheath..
The whole rig. BK15, BK14, fire steel and a now almost obligatory ESEE pouch and tin (for fire starting materials)
I nicked the kydex fire steel mount from a BK16 sheath that I had laying around. The eyelets were spaced perfectly..
Just regular old paracord that plaited together. It's more comfortable than it looks..
Where the BK14 mounts to the sheath. Again, eyelets aligned perfectly. Three of the four pouch eyelets also matched up exactly too, so it's held on there nice and firmly. I just used a pile of Chicago screws I had laying around to attach everything..
Random picture of my dog, Wheels. Looking resplendent as ever. Hey brother!
This little innovation I'm quite proud of. A crappy plastic D clip with some paracord and a cord.. um.. thingy that I pilfered from my ESEE6 sheath. Allows me to attach the bottom of the rig to a belt loop on my dacks so it doesn't flop around when I lean over. Extra cord allows adjustment..
A lot of you are probably thinking "why baldric such a small knife?". Well I'm not much of a belt carry guy unless it's a dangler so I thought I'd try something a little different. Believe me when I say though, this thing is comfortable! I wore it around all day after I made it, even whilst mowing the lawn.
What it looks like when I lean over. Stays right where I want it. I clipped the D ring up on one of the front belt loops but you can also clip it to one of the side loops with a small adjustment of the cord so it sits more under your arm instead of on your front..
Almost a year ago I was directed to Sparks house when I Googled 'BK2 Sheath Mods'. Well, we all know what that brings up. For those that don't, here you go:
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/845352-BK2-Sheath-Mod-Extremely-Photo-Heavy
Anyway, when I saw Dubz' splendid effort I thunked "man, I wanna make something that cool for one of my knives!" Now personally I don't think mine ventures into the realm of Dubz masterpiece but I am pretty stoked on what I've come up with. But it all hinged on that super cool prize that Jase gave to me. So, thanks heaps for the prize bud, I love it. And Dubz, thank you for the inspiration. And thanks also goes to Bladite. Because he never gets thanked. Which he should because his banning finger gets REEEEAL itchy sometimes..
Anyway folks, that's it. Hope you like it..
Springy..
The whole rig. BK15, BK14, fire steel and a now almost obligatory ESEE pouch and tin (for fire starting materials)
I nicked the kydex fire steel mount from a BK16 sheath that I had laying around. The eyelets were spaced perfectly..
Just regular old paracord that plaited together. It's more comfortable than it looks..
Where the BK14 mounts to the sheath. Again, eyelets aligned perfectly. Three of the four pouch eyelets also matched up exactly too, so it's held on there nice and firmly. I just used a pile of Chicago screws I had laying around to attach everything..
Random picture of my dog, Wheels. Looking resplendent as ever. Hey brother!
This little innovation I'm quite proud of. A crappy plastic D clip with some paracord and a cord.. um.. thingy that I pilfered from my ESEE6 sheath. Allows me to attach the bottom of the rig to a belt loop on my dacks so it doesn't flop around when I lean over. Extra cord allows adjustment..
A lot of you are probably thinking "why baldric such a small knife?". Well I'm not much of a belt carry guy unless it's a dangler so I thought I'd try something a little different. Believe me when I say though, this thing is comfortable! I wore it around all day after I made it, even whilst mowing the lawn.
What it looks like when I lean over. Stays right where I want it. I clipped the D ring up on one of the front belt loops but you can also clip it to one of the side loops with a small adjustment of the cord so it sits more under your arm instead of on your front..
Almost a year ago I was directed to Sparks house when I Googled 'BK2 Sheath Mods'. Well, we all know what that brings up. For those that don't, here you go:
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/845352-BK2-Sheath-Mod-Extremely-Photo-Heavy
Anyway, when I saw Dubz' splendid effort I thunked "man, I wanna make something that cool for one of my knives!" Now personally I don't think mine ventures into the realm of Dubz masterpiece but I am pretty stoked on what I've come up with. But it all hinged on that super cool prize that Jase gave to me. So, thanks heaps for the prize bud, I love it. And Dubz, thank you for the inspiration. And thanks also goes to Bladite. Because he never gets thanked. Which he should because his banning finger gets REEEEAL itchy sometimes..
Anyway folks, that's it. Hope you like it..
Springy..
. My 4 goes everywhere in it's trailbum (northeastkydex1, iirc) sheath. 
