What's happening in the David Mary Custom shop?

I’m embarrassed to admit that it has taken me five years to figure out that making a new blade cover for every knife, ever single time for sheath day is too much work.

I’m still doing painters tape layers on most blades because it’s easy and cheap and not unsustainably time consuming.

But I’ve always kinda of dreaded TeenyChef and EDChef days and the like because I’ve tried a variety of ways to get the sheath to both fit and function correctly.

Early sheaths for those relied on friction fit against that handle and the result was a really long sheath and those ones often had the blade rubbing the kydex on the way in and out.

Then gradually figured out “blocking” to open the mouth of the sheath but then retention was a problem. I solved it a few way, like the vertical divot up by the fro t pin. A lot of people liked that but deep down I always wished there was a better way.

Then Josh of REK suggested doing a lateral groove from front to rear pin on a knife WIP pic I texted him. Immediately I saw the potential of that as a retention mechanism and it’s now my standard on any chef style knife that gets a sheath.

There was still the blocking question and I used everything from yoga mats to corrugated cardboard and I had mixed results. And I kept making a new o e every time I made a new sheath.

Finally decided on a theory this week and got some 100 lb card stock, from which I cut a few layers of the right shape and well I think I have my permanent answer now.

Sometimes it takes me a minute….

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I think you guys missed the point.

Its wording isn’t correct for an admonition about electricity. It’s worded as a prediction about the future.
 
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David Mary said:
I think you guys missed the point.

Its wording isn’t correct for an admonition about electricity. It’s worded as a prediction about the future.
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if they used "can"...some kid would be like...well it "can" but wont kill me.......so I can go ahead and stick forks in sockets.....

its absolute to hit home and hope some kid doesnt play with electricity.....

but even as an absolute, does it stop kids.....not all of them....so your point stands strong...
 
Guess how I get the water out of the sheaths…
 
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