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Keep in mind that there's more than one rockwell scale for hardness and the "R" scale is not the same as the "C" scale. I cut kydex with a knife that is lower than a 90 on the rockwell "C" scale.  My knives get scratches, can't say I blame it on kydex. Kydex is generally formed tighter to the blade, and doesn't flex like leather, so if you get grit in the sheath, you are probably more likely to scratch things.
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Keep in mind that there's more than one rockwell scale for hardness and the "R" scale is not the same as the "C" scale. I cut kydex with a knife that is lower than a 90 on the rockwell "C" scale. My knives get scratches, can't say I blame it on kydex. Kydex is generally formed tighter to the blade, and doesn't flex like leather, so if you get grit in the sheath, you are probably more likely to scratch things. Good point. Kydex sure cuts and grinds easy.
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Would not have thought a plastic sheath to be this hard!
From Wiki:
relatively hard thermoplastic, with a hardness of 90 on the Rockwell R scale. This hardness, combined with a grained surface, increases its abrasive resistance. Note they said Rockwell R scale. Blades are measured on the Rockwell C scale.
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It would seem that it is not the kydex scratching it is hard material that gets stuck in the kydex and as you pull the knife in and out it rubs on the knife surface but if it a work knife who cares. I also see Ed T's point in using a spacer so it is not so tight ( at least that is what I read into his post). I just had heard this and wanted to get an experts opinion.
Back to the point of the post it sure looks like a great knife set up. I love the orange handle.
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Keep in mind that there's more than one rockwell scale for hardness and the "R" scale is not the same as the "C" scale. I cut kydex with a knife that is lower than a 90 on the rockwell "C" scale. My knives get scratches, can't say I blame it on kydex. Kydex is generally formed tighter to the blade, and doesn't flex like leather, so if you get grit in the sheath, you are probably more likely to scratch things. Guilty as charged, your honor. At a 90, could just make the knife out of kydex!
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
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Okay....
Steel you can't actually sharpen. With a Whooly Mammoth fosilized penis ivory handle. In a sheath made of Cheetah leather, which is infused with jewelers rouge so that you can strop it like a razor....
Act now, and as an extra added bonus we'll throw in a stripper and a fat raker of coke.
I'm Irish...
Of course I know how to patch drywall
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I have a custom that has had some of its finish worn off dude to the kydex. But I cannot say I care. It is a great all around setup.
I like that deep bellied knife Ed.
Travis
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Okay....
Steel you can't actually sharpen. With a Whooly Mammoth fosilized penis ivory handle. In a sheath made of Cheetah leather, which is infused with jewelers rouge so that you can strop it like a razor....
Act now, and as an extra added bonus we'll throw in a stripper and a fat raker of coke. What knife are you referring to? Travis
Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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His ultimate fantasy knife
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Okay....
Steel you can't actually sharpen. With a Whooly Mammoth fosilized penis ivory handle. In a sheath made of Cheetah leather, which is infused with jewelers rouge so that you can strop it like a razor....
Act now, and as an extra added bonus we'll throw in a stripper and a fat raker of coke. Here is the blank for the scales. It's walrus, but close enough perhaps. Thank me later. ![[Linked Image]](http://www.dinosaurstore.com/images/fossils/Oosik%20O3%202.jpg)
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
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wow. Worried about scratches on a knife blade.
I'd never heard that one before.
We can keep Larry Root and all his idiotic blabber and user names on here, but we can't get Ralph back..... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over....
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Hello Ed, do you heat treat the blades yourself ?
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Hello Ed, do you heat treat the blades yourself ? I do heat treat all the carbon steel blades myself. I have a friend that does the ATS34 as he also does cryo treating on them.
Ed T
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