Kevlar with knives

[loadnplenty]

I was just curious if any of you custom knife makers use Kevlar for sheaths or handles.
I have a ton laying around and thought abôut making a knife for my son and a custom sheath out of Kevlar for a xmas present and keepsake.

If so what do you use to bond your kevlar together? Looking for tips.

Thanks

 

[sharpeblades]

I have never used any.I might be to flexable for a knife sheath

 

[loadnplenty]

I have plenty and can make it as thick as needed. From what I have seen people have used epoxy in between layers for strength. I have ten or twelve old ballistic vests so I have plenty to make it thick.

 

[GAGunguy]

I was just curious if any of you custom knife makers use Kevlar for sheaths or handles.
I have a ton laying around and thought abôut making a knife for my son and a custom sheath out of Kevlar for a xmas present and keepsake.

If so what do you use to bond your kevlar together? Looking for tips.

Thanks

Epoxy bonds with Kevlar very nicely and turns Kevlar cloth into a very stiff, impact resistant shape. I have made quite a few racing sailboats with Kevlar and epoxy. The only downside of kevlar is you CANNOT sand it. Add a layer of fiberglass over the Kevlar if you want to sand and finish the surface. If you are pulling it out of a mold, no worries.

Let me know if you need help, I do this kind of thing all the time.

 

[loadnplenty]

Actually I was dye the Kevlar green and tey to bind between the layers. I wanted to surface to be soft if possible. Nylon look with the strength of Kevlar. I was going to epoxy the sheets together and place black eyelets around the edges in a couple places for strength and paracord attachment.

 

[Colossus]

i'll take some kevlar 8))

 

[dial1911]

I have a lot of experience with aerospace composite repairs- sometimes Kevlar fabric is used for the layup. But those repairs are almost always hard because they either use a pre-preg fabric or wet epoxy layup. And they're almost always vacuum bagged to get the extra epoxy squeezed out.

Anyway, if I can help, just PM me. Oh- and the older military 'flak jackets' are actually made of layers of woven nylon inside. At least as I understand it.

 

[loadnplenty]

Thanks for the info fellas. These vest are old police issue. Our dept does not throw them away. So we take en home and make stuff with them or use them in training. I probably have ten panels. Each panel has roughly 18 layers. So I have quite a bit.