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- Nov 2, 2010
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orange/black G10, with G10 liners on the 4, sanded a little on the 6 for cosmetics.
i process game with the 4. and though i prefer micarta for grip wet or dry, mud/blood/sweat/etc made g10 a better choice for this knife long-term. plus i figured maybe i could make my two BanTangs look supercool and match.
never done handles before, but my backup plan was sound. (backup plan = "if i screw these up, i will send the whole trainwreck to Ban and he will fix it for me"). turned out to be a really fun project
my lessons:
1) i did a practice run and made a set of throwaway black/green micarta handles to learn. and to get all my screwups out of the way on handles i wasn't going to keep. totally worth it. i screwed up a lot, learned a lot before doing this set.
2) i'm not very good at tube flaring. i think maybe my tubing is thinner-walled than Ban's? got mine at Ace hardware. about 2/3 of the time i get a little crack on the flared part. you can see it in the front tube on one of the closeups. still works fine, and it's recessed so you don't feel anything, still very strong and stable. but i definitely need either more practice or thicker tubing or both. i used the ball bearings and a vice method to flare them (learned it from an old thread here on BF). ban, if you don't mind sharing, how do you flare your tubes? and are they thicker walled than regular hardware store tubing? i don't have a drill press, so if you use that, i'm screwed. but the ball-bearing and vice system worked pretty well.
trying to decide if i want to make one more black 'X' in the middle of the BT4 at that middle oval. might look a little better?
have a good night all. please be gentle with me, i am a delicate flower
. thanks again for unbelievable knives, ban. love your work. use your knife all the time. like everyone else here, i have a lot of knives. and that 4 is the default knife i grab if i'm grabbing a fixed blade and heading out.
michor
After:
orange/black G10, with G10 liners on the 4, sanded a little on the 6 for cosmetics.
i process game with the 4. and though i prefer micarta for grip wet or dry, mud/blood/sweat/etc made g10 a better choice for this knife long-term. plus i figured maybe i could make my two BanTangs look supercool and match.
never done handles before, but my backup plan was sound. (backup plan = "if i screw these up, i will send the whole trainwreck to Ban and he will fix it for me"). turned out to be a really fun project
my lessons:
1) i did a practice run and made a set of throwaway black/green micarta handles to learn. and to get all my screwups out of the way on handles i wasn't going to keep. totally worth it. i screwed up a lot, learned a lot before doing this set.
2) i'm not very good at tube flaring. i think maybe my tubing is thinner-walled than Ban's? got mine at Ace hardware. about 2/3 of the time i get a little crack on the flared part. you can see it in the front tube on one of the closeups. still works fine, and it's recessed so you don't feel anything, still very strong and stable. but i definitely need either more practice or thicker tubing or both. i used the ball bearings and a vice method to flare them (learned it from an old thread here on BF). ban, if you don't mind sharing, how do you flare your tubes? and are they thicker walled than regular hardware store tubing? i don't have a drill press, so if you use that, i'm screwed. but the ball-bearing and vice system worked pretty well.
trying to decide if i want to make one more black 'X' in the middle of the BT4 at that middle oval. might look a little better?
have a good night all. please be gentle with me, i am a delicate flower
. thanks again for unbelievable knives, ban. love your work. use your knife all the time. like everyone else here, i have a lot of knives. and that 4 is the default knife i grab if i'm grabbing a fixed blade and heading out.michor
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