Is it wrong...

[Gosut]

...That I like leatherworking, but thinking of doing a sheath in Kydex?

[billybopp]

LOL.  Nothing wrong with that!  If it suits the application, go for it!

- Bill

[Handstitched]

44 minutes ago, Gosut said:

That I like leatherworking, but thinking of doing a sheath in Kydex?

Not sure how to answer that   I know nothing about it. Can Kydex be carved  or tooled ? 

[chuck123wapati]

1 hour ago, Handstitched said:

Not sure how to answer that   I know nothing about it. Can Kydex be carved  or tooled ? 

I don't think it can be carved or tooled its plastic.  Nothing wrong with learning something new my friend i try to do it every day if i can.  

[Gosut]

5 hours ago, Handstitched said:

Not sure how to answer that   I know nothing about it. Can Kydex be carved  or tooled ? 

Maybe. It would be interesting to see if a pattern could be imprinted on it in the press portion. But my skills aren't up to carving and tooling leather.

My main interest is puncture resistance. Had a inside waistband carry idea, then the damaged sheath on a cheap Fairbairn-Sykes knock-off reminded me that it can easily puncture leather, and that's not a good thing to have near the femoral artery as the sheath moves in clothing. Kydex of sufficient thickness should have puncture resistance. The only possible leather option I could come up with is to harden leather, and I'm not sure how puncture resistant that would be.

[fredk]

A thought;  Use the Kydex as a liner. Laminate between two thin leathers, or one thick-ish outside leather for tooling and a very thin leather on the inside to protect the weapon from abrasion