How would you make that? I'm not familiar with the stuff, and as the blade is held within the handle when closed, would you just make a tubular pouch and close with a snap or something?ESpy said:
Method of Carry
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I have tried a bit diffrent way to carry my knife, a bit of paracord tied to the sheath and then have the sheat in my leg pocket ( not the whole knife) and let the knife and tie the other end to my belt. This way it is always easy to reach but not in the way when carrying a backpack.
jakunen said:
Heat it, wrap it round & whack it in a press. With the Opinels, I'd probably use thin Kydex & wrap around the butt end of the knife, so you get good retention. It would just snap in & stay put, then haul on it & the natural spring of the stuff will allow the knife to be drawn.
jakunen said:
This is a great thread. I like all the different ways that everyone carries and at times use some of them as well. I do carry a Mora on my ruck. It is easy to reach with the pack on and I don't take the ruck off and walk away. I also back it up with some sort of pocket knife. As for the Opie carry. This is my solution.
Glen, that's WAY too smart! Not to mention obvious!
(Guess it just goes to prove, intelligence has no correlation to IQ! Boy do I feel dumb!!!)
I feel a quick workshop session coming on...
(Guess it just goes to prove, intelligence has no correlation to IQ! Boy do I feel dumb!!!)
I feel a quick workshop session coming on...
Cute! Can't remember - do Benchmade sell those clips still?
(of course, a piece of annealed hacksaw blade, bent and re-treated would work well)
(of course, a piece of annealed hacksaw blade, bent and re-treated would work well)
Pete,
That's fine so long as you have a forge Or a brother who has a forge...
How would those of us not addicted to beating the **** out of red hot metal do this? Could you use a pencil torch?
That's fine so long as you have a forge Or a brother who has a forge...
How would those of us not addicted to beating the **** out of red hot metal do this? Could you use a pencil torch?
For small stuff like that, a standard plumbers torch will work. If you've got a soldering mat as well, that will help it get to temperature. Not sure that a pencil torch would have the oomph without some vermiculite bricks or something, but it could be worth a try. Heck, if you can melt silver, you are at around the right temperature... 
Well I do melt PMC ( a clay containing silver held in a 'vegetable clay matrix') using a pencil torch. You heat the clay until it burns off and the silver fuses, but that is only for small, pendant sized, articles...
Check the labels on some of the more interesting drain cleaners and dilute carefully (water to acid, NOT acid to water). Or just get the proper - safer - stuff from Cookson
So that's why I kept getting explosions!:roll:
Sorry, was a scientist for almost 10 years...
Already got an account with Cooksons, just need to sort out an order...
Sorry, was a scientist for almost 10 years...
Already got an account with Cooksons, just need to sort out an order...
For use around camp, I like the idea of a sheath designed to ride high behind the right hip with a good forward cant.
High ride will keep it clear of the ground etc when I sit and the cant should makes it more accessible and less restrictive when you bend.
The main issue I see is keeping the sheath at the proper angle to the belt.
In my practical pistol competition days I had a hellweg holster that could carry a full size .45 in just that position but it had spring steel and bolts inside leather to keep it fixed. I reckon that a sheath could usefully adopt the design of the belt tabs from this classic Galco all leather holster.
Have to try it one day.
Cheers
High ride will keep it clear of the ground etc when I sit and the cant should makes it more accessible and less restrictive when you bend.
The main issue I see is keeping the sheath at the proper angle to the belt.
In my practical pistol competition days I had a hellweg holster that could carry a full size .45 in just that position but it had spring steel and bolts inside leather to keep it fixed. I reckon that a sheath could usefully adopt the design of the belt tabs from this classic Galco all leather holster.
Have to try it one day.
Cheers
Simon said:I'm almost tempted to make another one
YIKES :yikes: Simon is following one of my ideas
alick said:
I've seen one like that somewhere, although the belt went around the front of the sheath to keep it tucked in. Wish I could remember where...
puuuuuuurty sure Joe sells pocket clips for knives in his knife making section ..jakunen said:Pete,
That's fine so long as you have a forge Or a brother who has a forge...
How would those of us not addicted to beating the **** out of red hot metal do this? Could you use a pencil torch?
Simon said:you mean a high ride knife sheath with a similar tab method? ..... perhaps in Kydex?
Well, true - but in this particular case I was thinking of a pancake-style sheath in leather... Sorry!
