Grizzly Elite 2 Tone Kydex Sheath

When I bought my Mora Bushcraft Black knife on eBay a few weeks back, on a whim I also purchased an aftermarket sheath for it from Grizzly Outdoors after looking around the web at aftermarket sheaths made for this knife.  Grizzly Outdoors fabricates knife sheaths and holsters from a material called Kydex.  Kydex is a thermoplastic sheet, originally produced in 1965 for aircraft interiors, but has gained popularity in recent years for other uses.  It’s a mix of acrylic and PVC, which gives it good forming properties but also strength, rigidity and scratch resistance.  It’s formed by heating the material up to soften it, and then sometimes using vacuum bags to form the material around objects, the shape will hold after it cools down.  In addition, it can be cut, drilled, and milled easily with regular tools.

I wanted an aftermarket sheath because the Mora supplied sheath didn’t have a good belt clip or firesteel attachment> Grizzly Outdoors offers quite a few variants of sheaths for a variety of popular outdoor and bushcraft knives, and the Grizzly Outdoors Elite 2-tone was the sheath for this knife that attracted my eye with a firesteel attachment.  ThisKydex sheath is basically a simple pocket made from two sheets of Kydex, black on the front and olive drab color on the back, riveted together.  The Kydex is thick and very stiff.  I am sure some ‘traditionalists’ wouldn’t like the plastic sheath and would prefer a leather one, but for me the performance is with the Kydex – it would absorb water, rot or mold, and takes zero maintenance.  The pocket has been custom formed around a Mora Bushcraft Black knife, and has great retention, much better than the OEM sheath.  The only way the knife will come out of the sheath is if you purposely draw it.  The sheath has some slots milled around the perimeter between the rivets, which would be useful for securing the knife to a bag or pack, or also just wrapping some paracord or spectra cord around to have on hand.

The optional belt clip I ordered with the sheath is expertly crafted as part of the back sheet of Kydex, and is very functional.  The hook will hook around a 2” wide belt, but it is also useful for  justhooking onto a waistband as well, it also has good retention.

     This sheath comes with a firesteel attached to the front of the sheath with some fasteners through two of the rivets.  The firesteel itself has a Kydex handle and the bungee cord attached to it secures it in place.

Since it is custom made, it is a small lead time, but it only took a month from when I ordered it to when I found it in my mailbox. The sheath actually cost more than the knife itself, but I am pleased that I got this aftermarket sheath.  The added functionality and retention is great, and it’s good to have a firesteel on hand right by it.  Not to mention, The Grizzly Outdoors Elite 2 tone Knife Sheath with the Mora Bushcraft Black knife looks like a badass piece of gear that’s ready to handle any adventure.