Well, I finally got the time to convert my second (glassless) BK2 sheath to a Warrior-esq drop leg sheath. I did it all with materials that I already had, as well as a $4 Home Depot generic utility belt, and a few hours of sewing. I basically wanted something that used what KaBar provided, and almost nothing else to get where I wanted.
Because I am devoid of many basic tools at this point (at college...), I tried to make everything really simple, and without much additional modification. The basic process was to strip the generic belt for its heavy duty buckle hardware, and a few lengths of nylon webbing, and then make those work with the standard sheath.
WARNING: I forgot to take pics of the process, so unless you want to know how I did it, just scroll past this, and look at the finished product photos
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Step 1:
First, I cut the top of the sheaths belt strap, so that I could get the belt buckle onto the basic belt strap. Once I had it on there, I melted the fuzzies off, and then sewed the split belt strap back together. Now the buckle was inside the belt strap (SUCCESS), although it wasn't very strong at this point.
Step 2:
Take a length of Nylon webbing from the sacrificial work belt, and wrap it from the rivets on the back, all the way around top and back down until the top of the snap closure. Sew the top of the new webbing through to the back to hold the buckle on top, and to reinforce the sewing that was holding the belt strap closed. Also, sew the bottom of the new webbing to the area just above the standard rivets, to attach the new webbing the the old webbing top and bottom.
Step 3:
Find a credit card or something else to slip into the sheath to reinforce the sheath, because I'm not cool enough to have sheet metal laying around to make a sweet one. Sew that into the sheath on the sides, leaving one spot for my firesteel to slip inside.
Step 4:
Take more webbing from the belt, and make a loop for the belt side of the sheath, and just sew it together. This is like the easiest part.
Step 5:
Find an old belt, or something to use as the leg strap, then laugh at how much excess strap you have.
Step 6:
WIN!
Ok, here are the photos of the finished product. It took my roughly 2-3 hrs of cutting, figuring out dimensions, and sewing by hand while chatting to friends.
Here is the full view.
Here is what I did in step 2, you can see the length of webbing looping over the top used to strengthen the part that was cut apart to get the buckle in the stock strap, without removing the rivets.
This is a view of the right side of the sheath. You can see the thickness of the belt strap here, and how it is actually 3 layers thick. Remember that there is a credit card hiding in there as well, adding rigidity.
Another view.
Left side of the sheath, you can see how I left a hole in the webbing for my firesteel. The extra length of webbing lets me do this, and it works great.
This is just the belt part... Nothing to see here, other than some semi-acceptable hand sewing.
Here is everything all together again... just taken apart for the pic.
I mentioned in my first thread and post here that I was going to be making both a scout carry sheath, and a drop leg one later on. Well here it is, its not near as sweet as Warriors, but it was easy to make, and super cheap.
Here is the scout sheath that I made for comparison. Once again, just made with things that I had laying around, to work with the stock sheath.
Thats it, and hopefully someone finds this useful.
Because I am devoid of many basic tools at this point (at college...), I tried to make everything really simple, and without much additional modification. The basic process was to strip the generic belt for its heavy duty buckle hardware, and a few lengths of nylon webbing, and then make those work with the standard sheath.
WARNING: I forgot to take pics of the process, so unless you want to know how I did it, just scroll past this, and look at the finished product photos
.Step 1:
First, I cut the top of the sheaths belt strap, so that I could get the belt buckle onto the basic belt strap. Once I had it on there, I melted the fuzzies off, and then sewed the split belt strap back together. Now the buckle was inside the belt strap (SUCCESS), although it wasn't very strong at this point.
Step 2:
Take a length of Nylon webbing from the sacrificial work belt, and wrap it from the rivets on the back, all the way around top and back down until the top of the snap closure. Sew the top of the new webbing through to the back to hold the buckle on top, and to reinforce the sewing that was holding the belt strap closed. Also, sew the bottom of the new webbing to the area just above the standard rivets, to attach the new webbing the the old webbing top and bottom.
Step 3:
Find a credit card or something else to slip into the sheath to reinforce the sheath, because I'm not cool enough to have sheet metal laying around to make a sweet one. Sew that into the sheath on the sides, leaving one spot for my firesteel to slip inside.
Step 4:
Take more webbing from the belt, and make a loop for the belt side of the sheath, and just sew it together. This is like the easiest part.
Step 5:
Find an old belt, or something to use as the leg strap, then laugh at how much excess strap you have.
Step 6:
WIN!
Ok, here are the photos of the finished product. It took my roughly 2-3 hrs of cutting, figuring out dimensions, and sewing by hand while chatting to friends.
Here is the full view.
Here is what I did in step 2, you can see the length of webbing looping over the top used to strengthen the part that was cut apart to get the buckle in the stock strap, without removing the rivets.
This is a view of the right side of the sheath. You can see the thickness of the belt strap here, and how it is actually 3 layers thick. Remember that there is a credit card hiding in there as well, adding rigidity.
Another view.
Left side of the sheath, you can see how I left a hole in the webbing for my firesteel. The extra length of webbing lets me do this, and it works great.
This is just the belt part... Nothing to see here, other than some semi-acceptable hand sewing.
Here is everything all together again... just taken apart for the pic.
I mentioned in my first thread and post here that I was going to be making both a scout carry sheath, and a drop leg one later on. Well here it is, its not near as sweet as Warriors, but it was easy to make, and super cheap.
Here is the scout sheath that I made for comparison. Once again, just made with things that I had laying around, to work with the stock sheath.
Thats it, and hopefully someone finds this useful
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