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Re: Kydex Benders, I need help! [Re: wrxguyusa] #567985 03/10/11 06:28 PM
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Well, my first effort was terrible, my second effort however, seems to be functional.

I didn't have a press, so I just stood on a piece of wood over my foam. I used 2 layers per side of blue camping mat from Walmart. The roughcut was with a razor and the final was using a dremel and polished with some old blue jeans. I used a rivet die and hammer, but still split 3/4 rings. I think the rivets were too close to the edge for the die to sit properly.

The carbon fiber texture was in the close-out bin, but I don't think it looks too bad. Enough excuses, time for pics:

[Linked Image from i130.photobucket.com][Linked Image from i130.photobucket.com]

Pretty nice if you ask me

Dan

Re: Kydex Benders, I need help! [Re: Dumpster Dan] #567986 03/15/11 01:14 AM
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My first and second efforts at bending Kydex.

The sheath the karambit is in is my conceal carry rig for it, and it hugs my body. It's such a low profile I can conceal it under a T-shirt. It was the second effort I made at bending kydex, and arguably my most successful try.

The smaller sheath I intended to use as a running sheath. The paracord ties through the finger loop in the blade, and protects me from poking myself with the knife while on a jog. Should I find myself in a situation that I don't want to be in, a quick sweep of the rear edge of the blade across something and the sheath knocks away while remaining attached to the knife. Unfortunately, my running pants and shorts have no easy way to attach a different type of sheath, so I had to figure out a way to carry at all times, and in hand seems to work. I butchered a few rivets on this one before I figured out my technique.

[Linked Image from i22.photobucket.com]

Not pictured, I built a retention sheath for my Dereg sheath. I used the large rivets, and then couldn't get it to fit into the Nylon sheath. An hour later with the belt sander, and I had completely torn the revits up getting it to fit. I don't even think it's presentable, lol, but it ups the retention of the SY sheath and does what it's supposed to so I don't feel like I wasted the kydex luckily.


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Re: Kydex Benders, I need help! [Re: El CacaFuego] #567987 03/15/11 02:48 AM
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Nice job on the sheaths guys! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />


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