Channel: Gough Custom

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Description: For more info on my knives visit my website: store.goughcustom.com After I uploaded the 'Making a Custom Knife for the Antarctic Research Mission' video the other day, a few people on Reddit had questions about how Kydex fared in extremely cold temperatures. I've used my knives in temperatures down to about -15ºC, but my customer in this case is expecting to see temperatures down to about -30ºC, so some more testing was required! I was fairly pleased with the results overall. The retention and fit of the sheath were unchanged all the way down to at least -40ºC. Kydex definitely gets more brittle at those temperatures, but you would have to subject it to some fairly serious impacts before that actually became a problem. For extreme-duty service in extremely cold weather I'd likely start recommending a leather sheath option, but for regular use my opinion is you'd be just fine with Kydex. Materials and tools used in this video: Dry ice is normally available from places that also supply industrial gasses. Look in your area for suppliers like Praxair, Camcarb and so on. Infrared thermometer: amzn.to/1t1oTWE Ball peen hammer: amzn.to/13vjrqB This video was filmed using the Panasonic Lumix G6 w/ 14-42 Vario X lens: amzn.to/1vzonRT