{"id":67289,"date":"2011-09-03T22:48:44","date_gmt":"2011-09-03T22:48:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2011\/09\/03\/looking-for-a-20-project-take-a-look-at-knifekits-com\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T06:46:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T06:46:49","slug":"looking-for-a-20-project-take-a-look-at-knifekits-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/off-duty\/gearscout\/2011\/09\/03\/looking-for-a-20-project-take-a-look-at-knifekits-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking for a $20 project?  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It&#8217;s part of life for guys who wear a uniform that a decent knife is a must. It&#8217;s also known that we don&#8217;t make loads of money, and usually have to buy gear ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moving forward, a few years back I got to talking with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thrblades.com\/\">Trace Rinaldi<\/a>.\u00a0Trace is a all around nice guy who makes upper-end custom knives, and he extended an offer for me to come out and make some knives with him. It&#8217;s a great idea, but I got to thinking that my knowledge base of how to make a knife showed me to be slightly on the dim side. I started researching blade steel and materials, then decided I would look at trying to build something basic on my own, starting with a finished blade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In looking around online, I ran across <a href=\"http:\/\/www.knifekits.com\/vcom\/index.php\">knifekits.com<\/a> and discovered I could get into a decent blade and build a handle and sheath myself.\u00a0 More importantly, it wasn&#8217;t going to cost me a big chunk of money to do it. I ordered the following <a href=\"http:\/\/www.knifekits.com\/vcom\/product_info.php?cPath=2_336&amp;products_id=1742\">&#8220;drop point tactical&#8221;<\/a> blade after seeing it was an AUS8 (heat treated\/cryo treated) steel blade, and the $19 price tag consoled me with the idea that even if I butchered it, it was still dirt cheap.\u00a0After the box arrived, along with some other blades, kydex, and handle material, I got to thinking that I really had no idea how to attach a blade to a handle.\u00a0With that in mind, I got to thinking that there were plenty of knives using 550 cord as a handle. I put tape around the blade so I wouldn&#8217;t slice my fingers, and then clamped it down. It took two tries, with the first ending ugly after I slipped and lost tension, then it was easy. If you decide to go this route, check out Youtube for videos on wrapping knife handles with paracord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The next step was using some kydex; however, I&#8217;ll state the kydex and attachment ran more than the above mentioned $20. Using the kydex, I heated it with a heatgun and placed the blade inside. The kydex and knife were then placed into hard foam which I pressed down to form correctly, and then let cool.\u00a0 The next step was getting a belt piece from the nice ladies over at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blade-tech.com\/\">Bladetech.com<\/a>.\u00a0This piece installed nice and quick with just a few holes and screws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Do I consider this to be the end all be all of blades? No, I really don&#8217;t.\u00a0What I do consider is that it is a great blade for $20 which I can use like the tool that it is without fear of failure or breaking.\u00a0In a quick note about <a href=\"www.knifekits.com\">www.knifekits.com<\/a>, they processed my order quickly, had everything in stock, and sent it out fast. I&#8217;ll be ordering more from them in the future so I can continue to build knives, with the next series being a little nicer, and with me actually cutting handles. 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