Norad45:

I thought the sheath everyone is posting about cost $49.99 by itself with no knife included!

Bountyhunter
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Yes, I put my starflash mirror behind the plastic insert. I left it in its plastic bag to mimimize scratches. I had stuffed a bit of paracord back there also, but removed it in favor of the water bag. I bet a JetScream would fit back there but I do not have one. I do have a flat ACR whiste in the tin, but I know it would fit along with the mirror and water bag.

Also my $49.99 sheath came with the 7" Becker...made the sheath a much better bargain. <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

My Sheath pouch contains a slim perspex case (originally containing a bicycles puncture repair kit!), a good tight coil of strong nylon cord & a mini LED torch.
The perpex case contains, spark-rite, vaseline/cotton balls, scalpel, puritabs, bic lighter, 25metres dental floss, fishing kit, sewing kit, tyre patch glue, button compass, slim (homemade!) mirror, lens, magic birthday cake candle. I can just about slide a space blanket behind all the kit in the pouch, and I have about 10ft of paracord wrapped around the base of the sheath, too.
I havent put anything inside the handle as yet, but it will probably be more firestarting "stuff"!

Im working on a pouch to go on my battle rat when it arrives, made from a Garmin GPS pouch, I believe the pouch is virtually identical to the BK & T sheath.
A British Army magazine pouch (holds two SA80/M16 mags!) also fits quite nicely on the front of the sheath, though it IS a little on the large side!

BTW Here is an old post I did when I bought my Becker. Overall I still agree with my observations at that time. This knife is currenlty in my car kit and probably will remain there indefinately.

Becker C/U 7

No, the Becker sheaths include some rather decent-looking knives as well: <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

http://www.knifeworks.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=3122

http://www.knifeworks.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=1630

Regards, Vince

Kit using the handle of the Beckers:

http://www.survival.com/sass.htm

dchinell, now that's usefull ! Thanks for sharing . Between the handle, sheath pouch (sounds like the Becker pouch is bigger than it looked in the pics I saw , thanks guys ) and the ususall PSK a very complete kit can be carried.
Dave

Norad45:

Sorry, I got sidetracked by a site that was selling various sheaths.

Nice lookiing Crew Man and Combat blades, but I tend to be more traditional in my design tastes. If I go with a blade bigger than my Craftsman, or Kalishnakov bayonet, it will probably be a Ka-Bar.

Bountyhunter

I think I will try to go with the following, depending of course on space:

Behind the insert:
Starflash mirror
Jetscream whistle
2- 4”X 6” Heavy duty Ziplocks or milkbags

In the pouch:
Paracord
Mini-Bic lighter
Blastmatch, metal match, or ferro rod
Wetfire tinder
2- 4”X 6” Heavy duty Ziplocks
Repackaged Potable Aqua (or I may finally try out the Chlorine tabs)
Allen wrench

In the handle:
Fishing kit and snare wire (both currently residing in my PSK)
Sparklite and tinder

With the exception of the fishing kit and snare wire, this will all duplicate stuff that I always carry in my wilderness PSK.

Again, thanks for all the suggestions, especially Schwert and dchinell for the links to that "SASS" page--I have bookmarked it for future reference.

Regards, Vince

Those of you with the Beckers, did the sheath come with an elastic web strap around the pouch? I'm thinking about cutting it off but I don't want to create a clumsy-looking mess. Did you cut yours and if so, will ranger bands work to hold everything in place?

Thanks, Vince