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The easiest sheath is a taco wrap stitched together with heavy cord. A swivel dangler belt loop can be fastened with a small carriage bolt and lock nut, Tools can be as simple as a hacksaw, awl, hot knife, file, sandpaper, and kitchen oven or hair dryer., Forming can be by gloved hand, even retention on the knife handle. Buy a single sheet and go for it. If it cools off too quickly or it's shaped wrong, simply reheat it and try again. It can be helpful to carve, or build with thin plywood, a wooden replica that is slightly larger in all dimensions to mold to, which leaves some wiggle room for the knife. We see videos of the use of a foam press producing a perfect fit, but the complications and corrections are rarely addressed, Not to mention the possible damage to a knife being heated.

Steve Hanner said:

One of these days i have to try to make one...until then I buy!

I do have a piece that I might try it on Clay. You can never have too many sheaths in my opinion and the ability to make one for the job is well worth it if I can do it right!
Clay Strong said:


The easiest sheath is a taco wrap stitched together with heavy cord. A swivel dangler belt loop can be fastened with a small carriage bolt and lock nut, Tools can be as simple as a hacksaw, awl, hot knife, file, sandpaper, and kitchen oven or hair dryer., Forming can be by gloved hand, even retention on the knife handle. Buy a single sheet and go for it. If it cools off too quickly or it's shaped wrong, simply reheat it and try again. It can be helpful to carve, or build with thin plywood, a wooden replica that is slightly larger in all dimensions to mold to, which leaves some wiggle room for the knife. We see videos of the use of a foam press producing a perfect fit, but the complications and corrections are rarely addressed, Not to mention the possible damage to a knife being heated.

Steve Hanner said:

One of these days i have to try to make one...until then I buy!

I've been piddling around bending kydex and boltaron to make knife sheaths and concealed carry holsters for about a year now.  I have a small foam press, a toaster oven and a heat gun, a bench mounted belt/disc sander, an arbor press for ring rivets, a digital laser thermometer (about $30 at Lowes) and various hand tools (aircraft snips, etc) that I use to fabricate sheaths and holsters.  I've been using a sabre saw to cut the material to size, but have a bench mounted scroll saw that I haven't set up yet.

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