cleaning or restoring canvas micarta/ short term ESEE 3 impressions

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imbryan715

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hello,
i recently recieved an ESEE 3 as a christmas gift and have been running it through it's paces. today i was blessed enough to take a deer during the michigan late doe season. my ESEE 3 was my knife of choice for gutting and skinning the deer. after being covered in body fat, blood and snow for a while i was able to take the knife in and give it a thorough cleaning. i washed the entire knife down with hot water and dawn making sure to scrub the micarta and get in every crevas of the knife. after letting the knife dry up for over an hour. i realized that the micarta is not nearly as "grippy" as it was before gutting/skinning the deer. do you guys or gals have any sugestion's for getting it beck to it's grippy state.

overall the ESEE 3 has been an excellent small fixed blade. so far i have cut up many large boxes, sevral cuts of 5/8 rope, did some whittling and gut and processed that deer mentioned above. the knife is very comfortable in the hand under prolonged use and i noticed no fatigue what so ever. after all of those tasks the 1095 steel has no noticeable edge degradation. the knife came razor sharp from the factory as well. i ordered the boot/ molle sheath and is outstanding quality. it holds the knife in there tight and the sheath has no wobble when attached to molle. overall after a very short amount of time i am very impressed. it will be many months of use before my opinions are solidified but after a few days it seems like an awesome sub $100 camping/utility/hunting blade.

thanks for the time helping me out and reading my short review. have a nice day guys,
bryan.
 
Depending on what you cleaned the scales with you may have "sanded" them down a bit. I can safely say im really not sure on how to go about getting that grip back but you can always get new scales if you cant find a way, they can be ordered directly from ESEE. Btw great choice the 3 is my most used knife and is my personal favorite for all my outdoors tasks.
 
thanks for the reply. the scales are still have a bit of grip to them but when i first pulled it out of the bag the knife had outstanding traction. now i would say it is just average
 
you can scuff the handles with coarse sandpaper -- even 80 grit will give them a more coarse feel. if that's what you want, it shouldn't take much effort.
 
it'll make it look lighter like it was fresh out of the bag as it fuzzes up the surface a little.
 
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