I decided, with all the knives I'm buying, I need to save some money on sheaths, so I'd better learn how to bend some kydex. Here are my feeble attempts at doing so. I will say, after doing this, I have a lot more appreciation for the level of craftsmanship that goes into the work of a guy like David.

First, I did my Scrapper 5. This one I didn't use a press, just a towel and some body weight:





The I decided, for the bigger sheaths, I was gonna need to make a press. A trip to walmart for a foam camping mat and some spray adhesive allowed me to make a simple press. Some clamps I already owned finished it off.

First victim, the waki:







And then the brand-new desert dogfather:








The hardest part is definitely getting the retention right for the area around the handle. I found the easiest technique was to clamp the knife in the press with only the handle part sticking out, and use a hair dryer to shape it. It wasn't perfect but it got the job done.


Next time, I will wrap the blades in tape or something - not to protect them, but to make the sheath just a bit looser. The waki is a VERY tight fit.

I also didn't have the proper rivet tool, so I flared the rivets with a hammer and a screw head. They don't look awesome, but they do the job.