Media How to make a Knife Sheath out of PVC

Kitchen Knife Forums

Help Support Kitchen Knife Forums:

This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.

franzb69

Senior Member
Joined
May 26, 2012
Messages
1,458
Reaction score
1
[video=youtube;wXSQ8o5nKGc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXSQ8o5nKGc[/video]

could be a good idea even for kitchen knives, as well as other bladed instruments....... economical as well.... so long as you have a heat gun

=D

anybody done this for kitchen knives yet? seen a few of these on youtube.
 
Interesting idea, but I'd be afraid of it scratching the knife to all hell.
 
i think it'd be pretty smooth on the inside as it is the same smoothness inside and out, so the scratching part might not be a problem. i'll try it out with a couple beater knives and see.
 
Keep us posted. I have a heat gun, but no time, lol. Maybe I'll give it a try when I have a little but if spare time to waste
 
sure. soon, i might make a thread on the proper part of the forum for this

=D
 
Warning!
I saw the photo where he is going to cut the pipe on the table saw.
Round objects can roll if the saw blade grabs the piece.
Potentially pulling your fingers into the blade.
 
Warning!
I saw the photo where he is going to cut the pipe on the table saw.
Round objects can roll if the saw blade grabs the piece.
Potentially pulling your fingers into the blade.
:bigeek:
 
Warning!
I saw the photo where he is going to cut the pipe on the table saw.
Round objects can roll if the saw blade grabs the piece.
Potentially pulling your fingers into the blade.

Dead right! PVC cuts really easy even by hand with a hacksaw.
 
Not quite what I would call a presentation saya, but pretty slick and probably a step up from the cheap (if you call $4-5 cheap) edge guards from the local "cutlery" shop. As far as scratching goes, it shouldn't be a problem as long as the knife is clean when you put it away (the PVC itself is pretty soft). I'd recommend using the cheap 200psi rated pipe as it's much easier to shape then the thicker sch40 or 80 pipe. When applying the heat be careful not to scorch the plastic, keep the hot air gun moving and stop when the plastic just starts to deform. If you don't have a hot air gun just do a "Home Depot rental" (buy-use-return), they wont mind (if they ask why, tell them you didn't like the color:angel2:)
 
Back
Top