Reworking Kydex?

[Knifewing]

Well, I finally got my Boker Rhino and it's great--all that I expected. It comes with a nice Kydex sheath. Unfortunately, my sheath fits the blade so tightly I can barely get the knife out with two hands yanking on it--perhaps not the safest draw :) Anyway, I was wondering if anyone can tell me how to remedy the situation. Should I just warm the Kydex with a hair dryer and wriggle the knife around to stretch it out? Put it in the toaster oven? Make it simple, if possible, as I'm a knife guy but not much of a tool guy...Thanks!

[Emcee Bunzing]

You could do it with a hair dryer or even a butane torch, but its a fine line you have to be careful that you don't make it too loose. If you make it looser with heat it will still have to break in a bit and might become too loose after a few draws. I don't have a rhino yet but i have a boker gnome and it was really tight in the sheath to start with but after drawing and re-sheathing about 50 times it loosened up and now i can draw it one handed off a neck chain.

[Creepo]

I can't remember exactly what I did to mine but I think I actually shaved some material off from the edge of the lip that wraps around finger guard portion. I don't think that's necessary but it helped the process. Really what you need to do is wear it in, just keep re-sheathing as if you were playing with a folder. :)