dang! the heating part after riveting was what i primarily wanted to see you do, but love the video otherwise. def. learned a few things, appreciate you posting!
I’ve made many PVC sheaths for my Tramontina machetes. I make/shape a loop/fold at the top of the sheath that clips onto my pants. Mine are all one piece, no rivets. I formed the sheath so that about an inch of the handle goes in also. It creates a lock of sorts.
Just a suggestion, since you have the big fancy vice, :-)))) why didn’t you glue that seam?? Put that Seam downward, dump some primer in that seam than force some medium weight glue in that seam-squeeze it for a few minutes that grind polish & paint it! Obviously cover your vice faces with some tinfoil or whatever. Good luck
I would have heated up the top- rolled it back/ opened it up and pounded the rivets properly flat. Heated again fold back down. Would have only taken a few minutes to do. Dangler would have been a good option too.
Jamie, I really appreciate the sweaty t-shirt! Dude! I live in the Great Dismal Swamp of NE North Carolina. Even our women sweat here and that's why we have so many dang kids LOLOLOLOLOL!
I purchased a Condor Parang Machete with approximately the same dimensions as the example in this video. It came with an absolutely beautiful, but completely useless two-snap high quality black leather sheath. Impossible to use. I mean, completely impossible to use. Beautiful sheath, though. Looked great in unboxing, but again, completely useless. I've been considering traditional leather covered wood sheaths but this PVC seems far more practical. The blade shape determines the sheath shape and a rectangle accommodates both the rather extreme curve of this blade and the need for friction to keep it in place. Look at any good quality Kukri sheath for an example. Thank you very much for this how-to. May I suggest double or triple the number of pop rivets? You have 7 or 8 and expressed a concern regarding blade-edge friction vs. rivet friction wear, so more rivets (easily replaceable) would seem correct. Or maybe just reversing the blade in the sheath so that the sharp edge rides the fold ( I know bad engineering, but eliminates friction of rivets).
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dang! the heating part after riveting was what i primarily wanted to see you do, but love the video otherwise. def. learned a few things, appreciate you posting!
I’ve made many PVC sheaths for my Tramontina machetes. I make/shape a loop/fold at the top of the sheath that clips onto my pants. Mine are all one piece, no rivets. I formed the sheath so that about an inch of the handle goes in also. It creates a lock of sorts.
Cool. I think you should paint it matte brown or tan.
Just a suggestion, since you have the big fancy vice, :-)))) why didn’t you glue that seam??
Put that Seam downward, dump some primer in that seam than force some medium weight glue in that seam-squeeze it for a few minutes that grind polish & paint it! Obviously cover your vice faces with some tinfoil or whatever. Good luck
Put some flat washers on the back of those rivets. It will keep them from pulling through.
Cool idea Thank you for sharing
I would have heated up the top- rolled it back/ opened it up and pounded the rivets properly flat. Heated again fold back down. Would have only taken a few minutes to do. Dangler would have been a good option too.
Jamie, I really appreciate the sweaty t-shirt! Dude! I live in the Great Dismal Swamp of NE North Carolina. Even our women sweat here and that's why we have so many dang kids LOLOLOLOLOL!
This is all done with CGI and a green screen.
"Mo mad one we see your trap. You can never escape your fate. · "I see you using an old style. I wondered where you learned it from.
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I purchased a Condor Parang Machete with approximately the same dimensions as the example in this video. It came with an absolutely beautiful, but completely useless two-snap high quality black leather sheath. Impossible to use. I mean, completely impossible to use. Beautiful sheath, though. Looked great in unboxing, but again, completely useless. I've been considering traditional leather covered wood sheaths but this PVC seems far more practical. The blade shape determines the sheath shape and a rectangle accommodates both the rather extreme curve of this blade and the need for friction to keep it in place. Look at any good quality Kukri sheath for an example. Thank you very much for this how-to. May I suggest double or triple the number of pop rivets? You have 7 or 8 and expressed a concern regarding blade-edge friction vs. rivet friction wear, so more rivets (easily replaceable) would seem correct. Or maybe just reversing the blade in the sheath so that the sharp edge rides the fold ( I know bad engineering, but eliminates friction of rivets).