I thinking of making some sheats in cordura or something simular soon. What do you think of that as sheat material.
Seved
Seved
What about cordura
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I have found that with repeated use, cordura wears out. It also is sensetive to heat and will unravel. I must admit that I'm not a huge fan of cordura.
Kydex. if you use your knife for any kind of game or food preperation and you don't have the means of washing your knife until you get home, then cordura will hold any bacteria and/or food particles that come off the knife. It would be very difficult to remove them from the cordura material. Kydex can (and in my case has) gone through the dishwasher with no ill effects. Any woven material will have similar problems.
Peronally I would rather stick forks in my eyes than have a cordura sheath.
Kydex if you want a functional sheath and dont mind scratching the blade
Leather if you want softer and better looking
Cordura is all the problems of leather with none of the advantages
Red
Kydex if you want a functional sheath and dont mind scratching the blade
Leather if you want softer and better looking
Cordura is all the problems of leather with none of the advantages
Red
Okey. Yes i have made some kydexsheats, but i thought i should test to make some other sheats to.
Seved
Seved
LOL Okey yes i can see that it can be some problems with them, but i have never used them in the bush or when i hunt. I like leather best to.
Seved
Birch bark?
Wood?
Horn?
Anything but cordura - it has overtomes of "cheap crap imported tacticool knives"
Your knives deserve better!
Red
Wood?
Horn?
Anything but cordura - it has overtomes of "cheap crap imported tacticool knives"
Your knives deserve better!
Red
Are you really sure you don't like codura Red? I mean in this day and age one needs to be certain about some things
ROFLMAO. I have visions of BR with forks in his eyes. I'm intriged though. BR mentions scratching the blade using a Kydex sheath. I've not had this happen to me, but perhaps I've just been lucky. Can you give me some more details? I'm with you both about Leather being my favourite sheath material though.
Yes he must realy hate cordura. I thought i should make a few knives with cordurasheats and firesteel maybe.Seved
robin wood
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
not wanting to hijack the thread but where can you get hold of kydex sheet in the UK?
my google search only truned up industrial suppliers....
my google search only truned up industrial suppliers....
Yes i have never seen any one in UK. But knifekit in us i nice handle from.http://www.knifekits.com/kk_1mainframe.htm
What kind of kydex do you want.
Seved
What kind of kydex do you want.
Seved
we make trouser out of ballistic nylon wich is like corura but its anti slash the stuff you see on bin mens trousers
no idea lol
it is just the sort of think i could probably think of quite a few uses for, mainly sheets that i could heat up with a hot air gun and then form for whatever use....
more of a hypothetical question for future projects than anything else really......
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