Blasted Micarta.

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ToyKnife

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I was looking at some VZ girps and noticed they have various finishes of micarta. Some they call canvas, some “finished” canvas and some “blasted” canvas, one rougher (assume, makes sense) then the other. I assume that the Sebenza is “finished” canvas. So if or when you send in your Sebenza to get refinished and the shop blasts the entire surface (because we have agreed they CRK doesn’t tape off the micarta) including micarta then the inlay would be blasted. Therefore more rough then the first time from the factory.

True? If the factory does in fact tape off the micarta then does anyone have experience with blasting the inlay themselves? Pictures, web sites, etc.?

Thank you in advance.
 
The finish on all the micarata Sebs is rough. Even new from the shop. The micarta isn't polished.:cool:
 
I imagine other inlays are masked off like the wood, since they are polished finish.
 


I'd guess that either they mask off the micarta or the have a way to carefully direct the media.
 
No with the Micarta I think they just blast the whole thing. I remember someone from CRK telling me that that was one of the advantages of the micarta handlea, they just blast the whole thing without taping.:cool:
 
The Chris Reeve Micarta inlay feels like it has more "plastic" in it than some of the Micarta on my other knives. I wouldn't mind at all if the Chris Reeve Micarta inlay was more grippy.
 
Rich357 said:
The Chris Reeve Micarta inlay feels like it has more "plastic" in it than some of the Micarta on my other knives. I wouldn't mind at all if the Chris Reeve Micarta inlay was more grippy.
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This is why I was wondering if bead/sand blasting would cause them to be rougher/grippy.

If I go with speculation I would say that the micarta has more resin in it because of the size of the pieces that Reeve uses. In other words if there was less resin and more canvas, making more graspable/rough, then each inlay wouldn’t be as strong. Maybe?
 
You may well be right. At this point a call to CR would seem to be a good idea since we are only guessing.
 
The mystery is solved.

One quick call and everything is summed up.

When refinishing the micarta the inlay is not taped, the knife is taken apart and blasted. The surface of the micarta is not milled with a pattern to give it more surface area which in turn leads to more grip. This is unlike the Green Beret/Pacific they mill the slabs then attach.

If you have wood then the inlay is removed. Most of the time destroys the wood. New inlays are milled and attached after the handle is polished. Refinishing a wood inlay does cost more, simply because of the new wood.

Oh and CRK and company do read the forum. They were just scratching their head wondering why somebody just doesn’t call.:o:rolleyes:
 
Xcel,

"The mystery is solved.

One quick call and everything is summed up."
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Thanks, Xcel!
 
No problem. I'm a little saddened to hear the micarta can't be roughed up more. Not that it could get any better but would be interesting. Kind of like wanting 20LPI versus 25LPI. Not needed and most people don't want 20LPI but it is nice for some. Figure 30LPI to be just the blasted Ti.
 
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