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I thinking of making some sheats in cordura or something simular soon. What do you think of that as sheat material.
Seved
Celt_Ginger
18-09-2008, 19:29
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.
Okey. Do you know of any other material simular to cordura, that you can recomend.
Seved
Celt_Ginger
18-09-2008, 20:02
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.
British Red
18-09-2008, 20:09
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
Okey. Yes i have made some kydexsheats, but i thought i should test to make some other sheats to.
Seved
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
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
British Red
18-09-2008, 20:13
Birch bark?
Wood?
Horn?
Anything but cordura - it has overtomes of "cheap crap imported tacticool knives"
Your knives deserve better!
Red
Mesquite
18-09-2008, 20:23
Anything but cordura - it has overtomes of "cheap crap imported tacticool knives"
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 ;)
Celt_Ginger
18-09-2008, 20:24
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.
:lmao::lmao: Yes he must realy hate cordura. I thought i should make a few knives with cordurasheats and firesteel maybe.
Seved
a tastefully done cordura sheath with a kydex liner would be very practical imho
robin wood
18-09-2008, 20:41
Makes a decent waterproof motorbike jacket.
I thought i should have a inside sheat in kydex.
Seved
gilly0802
18-09-2008, 23:27
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....
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
andywinkk
18-09-2008, 23:31
we make trouser out of ballistic nylon wich is like corura but its anti slash the stuff you see on bin mens trousers
gilly0802
18-09-2008, 23:37
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
no idea lol:rolleyes:
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......
Okey, I have some if you want in the future.
Seved
edispilff
20-09-2008, 02:35
Never could find a use for cordura on a sheath other than using it to strop a blade every once in a while.
epoxy a little swatch to the backside of the sheath, and you've got an integrated strop!;)
malcolmc
20-09-2008, 11:08
My knife came with a Cordura sheath,[http://www.carl-walther.de/dev2/index.php?company=walther&lang=EN&content=products&hid=7&uid=4&product=523 ]. I've not had problems with it but the Cordura is only used for the sheath facings, there is a stiff frame of flexible plastic/nylon? material that encloses the edges of the blade. I like everything about Cordura apart from the weight and price. :eek:
Never could find a use for cordura on a sheath other than using it to strop a blade every once in a while.
epoxy a little swatch to the backside of the sheath, and you've got an integrated strop!;)
I have never heard of that, Thank you. I will test it.
Thank you malcolmc.
I think i make one ( or rather my wife lol) and see if i like it.
Seved
What about cordura its...:yikes: :yuck: :yuck: :yuck: :yuck: :yuck: :yuck: :yuck: :yuck: :yuck: :yuck: :twak: DON'T DO IT !!!!!
Dennis (of Brisa) on BB has kydex sheets and fixings and they give amazingly good service, not sure how price compares though!