2018 Forum Knife. The first poll

Which maker?

  • Buck 301. Choose. 2/3 blades, grind, steel: 420, CPM154, 154CM, S30V, S35VN, 20CV; handle mat'l,

    Votes: 267 73.6%

  • GEC 14 in 1095. Choose: drawn/cut swedge, plain/lined bolster Single or Two Blade Jack

    Votes: 96 26.4%
  • Total voters
    363
  • Poll closed .
cbr1000 cbr1000 I know what pictures you refer to but he referred to it as Burlap Micarta I will agree that it has an appearance in those photos of something under some type of resin or coating. It could be a matter of high polish and fancy photography but I am thought it had a unique look while some might say it has a look more on the cheap side it isn't a look I have really seen before on a knife. This doesn't mean I want it but it doesn't mean I won't take it should people choose it.
 
PirateSeulb said:
cbr1000 cbr1000 I know what pictures you refer to but he referred to it as Burlap Micarta I will agree that it has an appearance in those photos of something under some type of resin or coating. It could be a matter of high polish and fancy photography but I am thought it had a unique look while some might say it has a look more on the cheap side it isn't a look I have really seen before on a knife. This doesn't mean I want it but it doesn't mean I won't take it should people choose it.
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That burlap looks crazy in the sunlight, which is where I took the photo. It looks more "normal" in more common lighting situations.
 
Bitten by my 303. The tip of the clip blade sank into the fleshy part of the palm of my hand, about a good 3/8th of an inch while sharpenin it last night. I cleaned it out but there must’ve been something still on the blade. Woke up and it was all angry lookin’ and pus filled. To paraphrase Doug Marcaida, ,”...it did cut...”

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T. Erdelyi said:
Bitten by my 303. The tip of the clip blade sank into the fleshy part of the palm of my hand, about a good 3/8th of an inch while sharpenin it last night. I cleaned it out but there must’ve been something still on the blade. Woke up and it was all angry lookin’ and pus filled. To paraphrase Doug Marcaida, ,”...it did cut...”

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Is your 303 mad at you because you put the shield back on it upside down in protest? ;)
 
PirateSeulb said:
cbr1000 cbr1000 I know what pictures you refer to but he referred to it as Burlap Micarta I will agree that it has an appearance in those photos of something under some type of resin or coating. It could be a matter of high polish and fancy photography but I am thought it had a unique look while some might say it has a look more on the cheap side it isn't a look I have really seen before on a knife. This doesn't mean I want it but it doesn't mean I won't take it should people choose it.
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Not sure how to explain this, but will give it a shot. In my opinion there is 2 types of burlap micarta. One is single or two layer sheet with acrylic on top and the other is layered throughout. The type that is on Northwoods knives and Fiddleback knives I like quite a bit. It's multiple layer construction that when finished some strands of the burlap are sometimes exposed. They are exposed because it's many layers of burlap and as it's polished you are polishing impregnated strands of burlap. The type I like less is single or two layer burlap with a thick layer of clear acrylic on top. It's okay for some types of knives, just not my preference on a 301. To me it's like LG versus LVS abalone... Maybe Looking Glass Burlap and Layered Burlap sheets should be a way to explain the different types of burlap micarta?.. I'm sure there's a correct term to to identify the different types of burlap micarta? I don't know what it is.

This first knife is a GEC with thick coat of acrylic over a sheet or two of burlap. It's labeled as burlap micarta. You can't feel any texture on this knife. It looks much like the pictures SK posted.

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I have a couple Northwoods burlap micarta knives. You can feel the texture and appears to have more layers of burlap.

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I don't own a fiddleback knife, but it appears to have more layers of burlap like the northwoods.

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Some knives preproduction specs seem like a terrible combination and end up looking great in the finished product. Will be excited to see what we end up with... burlap micarta or not.
 
meako said:
So is micarta a laminate like fibreglass?
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Pretty much.
The original was sheets of mica encased in phenolic resin. (trying to invent an electrical insulator...and succeeded.)
Nowadays Micarta can be paper or fabric and the resin can be any of a large number of resins.
Fiberglass is specifically glass fabric. Can be any of several resins.
G10 is glass fabric in epoxy resin
 
I am going let the thread run itself out, time wise, but it's pretty obvious that the votes are in. Steve is going to run the rest of the polls. Gary and I both think that since he will know the exact details of options, he can put the polls together faster than we can.

@knifeswapper
Mike, thank you.

skblades skblades
Steve, you have the floor.
 
knarfeng said:
Pretty much.
The original was sheets of mica encased in phenolic resin. (trying to invent an electrical insulator...and succeeded.)
Nowadays Micarta can be paper or fabric and the resin can be any of a large number of resins.
Fiberglass is specifically glass fabric. Can be any of several resins.
G10 is glass fabric in epoxy resin
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I would LLOOOOVVVEEE to see a knife made with micarta made from mica. Such a cool history of the material.
 
I like regular burlap for feel but on a smaller knife the burlap with acrylic really pops!
 
Just to help out, here is the bolster poll:
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads...l-3-8-bolster-material.1582273/#post-18072653

Here is the steel poll:
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads...e-poll-2-8-blade-steel.1582272/#post-18072635
(Not to flog my own preferences, but please keep the tradition of tang stamping in mind when voting on this one, we have two dots left in the series)

And here is the blade selection poll:
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads...8-2-blades-or-3-blades.1582266/#post-18072604
 
Does anyone know approximately when this willbe availible for order? I dont want to miss it!!
 
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