2021: Sheath dulling issue, first time I observed it for myself; EDIT: made a leather sheath

[Chris_Texas]

Looks good! I think I might try to learn that over the winter.

 

[jdog417]

Picked up a brand new GI Tanto. Seemed fairly sharp out of the box. Sheath and unsheath a few times, and the edge rips rather than slices through paper. I brought the edge back to life fairly easily to paper slicing sharp with my basic Lansky sharpener. Sheath and unsheath couple times later, and the edge takes a noticeable ding. Not exactly butter knife dull, but it doesn’t exactly glide across the paper either.

This was interesting to me since I never really had this issue before despite owning a couple of CS fixed blades. Recon Tanto, Kobun, Chaos Bowie, no discernible issue. For the Leatherneck, I switched to the Ka-Bar leather sheath before I could risk damaging the edge lol.

The way I see it, if this really bothers you, either send the knife back or get an aftermarket sheath. Me personally, I don’t think it’s worth the additional white hairs to tweak the Secure-Ex in any way myself. Still, I think the GI is a decent blade held back by a bad sheath. Might pick up a basic cordura sheath for it. Definitely, this is entirely the company’s responsibility to fix. It’s disappointing to still see this issue around when folks have been pointing it out for years.

Does anyone still encounter this issue in 2021?

IMPORTANT PSA: NEVER PUT YOUR KNIFE IN A COLD STEEL SHEATH!!! For my Master Tanto 3V, the weird retention is accomplished when the widest part of the blade enters the sheath and, by design, the spine and THE EDGE are pressed against the glass reinforced polymer thus dulling the edge. WHO TF THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA?!? Love the blade, design, grind, balance (courtesy of the guys forty years ago who apparently knew something). This "Secure-Ex" sheath is a crime against humanity.