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Finished my third knife, this time i tried my hand at some homemade micarta...ended up with a little bit of pitting on the handle, i tried to make a little too much at one time.
The knife is 1095 with my micarta handles and satin finish on blade...not perfect by any means. Critiques are welcome. |
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The knife looks very good to me. If you get a chance explain how you made the scales. I like the color of them. Thanks for posting.
__________________ Walt |
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Walt, that was my first try a making micarta. If you look on youtube you can find several tutorials.
Its pretty simple..find some material that you like then cut it into about 3 inch wide strips, get some bondo fiberglass resin, follow directions on resin can to mix. then spred on each layer of material building a stack. you have to work fairly quickly or the resin will become lumpy and hard to work with. take your stack of resin saturated cloth and clamp it in a press ( i used some scrap 2x4s and c-clamps). Let it sit overnight, take it out and trim the edges off with a band saw. I alternated a neon green and black material for mine, the colors will daken when you put the resin on them. Also you may want to make a little at a time, I tried to do strips about 2 feet long and 2 inches thick to make alot at once, but the bottom layers were starting to harden before i could finish and i wasnt able to press all the airbubbles out. Oh yeah...when putting your resin and material together work on top of a large piece of wax paper so you can wrap the whole bundle into a tight package when you put it in your press. |
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I dont give a darn about your homemade micarta (I mean ,its nice and all...)But the over-all design!!Its very fluid and organic.VERY PROPORTIONAL!!How does it feel in the hand?Im betting it handles nicely!My compliments !
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cool design , 2 thumbs up !!
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Thanks for the info on the micarta.
__________________ Walt |
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its definitely a neat design, a real eye catcher for sure. And like Eric said, how does it feel? How does it perform?
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It fits my hand like a glove..with the back of the handle curved like it is it just kind of hangs in your hand even with a relaxed grip...thanks to everyone who helped me with my epoxy issues
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Very cool design. I like it!
__________________ Chris K. Two Mountains Forge Delta, BC, Canada www.twomountainsforge.com |
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That knife looks awesome man. Great job the design is very artistic and catches the eye.
I your planning on making some more micarta in the future you should look into getting some polyester resin used in vaccume moulds. I got some from a fiberglass shop and it has a 30-60 min work time. __________________ J, Saccucci Knives, JSK |
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Youre on to something,for sure!
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Ooohh, that is sweet! I like it
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Me too!!
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