06-08-2008, 11:47
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Guerrilla
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Professional Soldier - how do I see it :)
Well... I know that Professional Soldier is a very special knife. It should stay flat on molle and be ready for cutting action on a landing zone. Small, lightweight & sharp. However, I personally do not practice HILO combat jumps that often  so I see it a bit different. It is flat, lightweight (but still tough) utility blade. I'm going to use it attached to the shoulder strap of my light backpack. For mountineering, biking, hiking etc. So I decided I'd need a bit different sheath. Smaller, slimmer, which would allow me to draw the knife easily. So that's what I did. Again, that is NOT a sheath for combat use, I know. But for utilitarian purposes should do just fine. What I like about it the most? The fact that you can FULLY grip your knife and draw it smoothly out of the sheath. Hope you like my design...
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06-08-2008, 11:59
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Quiet Professional
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Piter:
Big improvement, I am not a fan of the issued sheath either. Too big, bulky, and too hard to grip the knife for a draw stroke.
This is what you can do to modify the standard sheath and is somewhat closer to our original intent. At least you can draw from it safely.
Very nice work, BTW.
TR
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06-08-2008, 19:00
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Guerrilla Chief
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And we can purchase the new slim sheath how?
Ss
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The blade is so sharp that the incision is perfect. They don't realize they've been cut until they're out of the fight: A Surgeon Warrior. I use a knife to defend life and to save it. ss (aka traumadoc)
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06-08-2008, 21:05
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Asset
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Piter
Thats a great looking sheath!!
Bryan 
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06-09-2008, 09:39
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Bladesmith to the Quiet Professionals
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Piter,
Good looking work.
Our test for this sheath was to draw the knife and re-insert at least 200 times (counted) to see if the sheath maintains the same grip on the knife.
Have you tried this yet?
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06-23-2008, 17:13
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Guerrilla
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Reaper, I also did rework on the original sheath... it's much better for everyday general use now. Easy and safe to draw. And still very safe when knife sheathed. I like PS 
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06-23-2008, 17:31
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Consigliere
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Originally Posted by swatsurgeon
And we can purchase the new slim sheath how?
Ss
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Please let me know too. I just took my knife on a camping trip and I did not like the issued sheath at all.
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06-23-2008, 19:04
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Roguish Lawyer
Please let me know too. I just took my knife on a camping trip and I did not like the issued sheath at all.
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Originally Posted by swatsurgeon
And we can purchase the new slim sheath how?
Ss
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Do you gentlemen not know how to operate a saw, grinder, or Dremel tool, when shown the finished product?
TR
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06-23-2008, 19:25
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Quote:
Originally Posted by The Reaper
Do you gentlemen not know how to operate a saw, grinder, or Dremel tool, when shown the finished product?
TR
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I DO !!!!!!!!!! LOL
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06-23-2008, 20:36
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I DO !!!!!!!!!! LOL
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Kydex shavings in the dentist's chair aren't going to go over well with the average patient. 
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06-24-2008, 09:07
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At least Kydex won't scream.
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06-24-2008, 14:33
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Guerrilla Chief
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Quote:
Originally Posted by The Reaper
Do you gentlemen not know how to operate a saw, grinder, or Dremel tool, when shown the finished product?
TR
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TR,
I did to mine exactly what you did to yours with a dremel tool. I liked the slimmer profile that Piter had...not a huge difference but easier on a thinner strap.
ss
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'Revel in action, translate perceptions into instant judgements, and these into actions that are irrevocable, monumentous and dreadful - all this with lightning speed, in conditions of great stress and in an environment of high tension:what is expected of "us" is the impossible, yet we deliver just that.
(adapted from: Sherwin B. Nuland, MD, surgeon and author: The Wisdom of the Body, 1997 )
Education is the anti-ignorance we all need to better treat our patients. ss, 2008.
The blade is so sharp that the incision is perfect. They don't realize they've been cut until they're out of the fight: A Surgeon Warrior. I use a knife to defend life and to save it. ss (aka traumadoc)
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06-24-2008, 14:35
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Consigliere
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Quote:
Originally Posted by swatsurgeon
TR,
I did to mine exactly what you did to yours with a dremel tool. I liked the slimmer profile that Piter had...not a huge difference but easier on a thinner strap.
ss
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Oh fine, I'll do it too . . . 
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