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Review on πŸ’ͺ Sturdy and Sleek: Black Nominal ABS Sheet for Reliable Thickness by Charles Fowler

Revainrating 4 out of 5

First try with Kydex went very well!

I'm new to making kydex sheaths for everything but I'm a fairly experienced crafter and novice at making custom knives so I was hoping I could figure it out after watching a lot of youtube Having seen tutorials on making Kydex sheaths I decided to pull the trigger and give it a try. Since I have not had any experience with this before, I cannot rate this Kydex in comparison to others. However, I can confirm that my FIRST project with this product went pretty well and I already have several more sheaths and designs planned for other knives. My first attempt was to make a real sheath for my Becker BK9. I wanted the Scout to be configured so that it was out of the way (horizontally instead of hanging up and down) and I wanted to be able to attach other things to it with rubber bands or paracord. I have to say that my first try turned out to be almost professional quality apart from a few design considerations that I may change in the future. Kydex performed as expected, taking about 5 minutes in the 350Β°C oven to reach the right softness. It took a bit of trial and error to get the technique right, but once I did, my vagina came out really well. It was very easy to use the heat gun to adjust and reshape certain elements and was very easy to work with the tools I had. Click, bandsaw cutting and sanding went smoothly with no errors. The Kydex arrived very clean and I rubbed the smooth side with some sort of Vindex before using it and it stuck together as it should when I drilled my Chicago screw. Holes all well aligned, I would add that this product seemed reasonable for the price, 8 sheets of 12" x 12" can make many sheaths for many knives. my BK9 design used up every bit of Kydex loop) but if I had left out the belt loops I could easily fit 2 Bk9s on one sheet. Can't wait to try this out on my other projects!

Pros
  • Flexural Modulus - High
Cons
  • Unfashionable