First Timer - Looking for a suggestion.

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Good Afternoon / Morning, depending on your geography.

I've been a reader of this forum for some time now and am probably of the more practical knife users rather than a collector. I have a trifling 18 blades to my name plus various multi-tools (but thats a different story)

I tend to either work a blade to close to death or until something vastley better comes along for a specific purpose. Everything from everyday carry, to Wilderness, most of the knives I have get a regular outing for one reason or another.

I'm enjoying a great deal of camping / wilderness time at the minute and have been looking for a blade which suits my needs and is comfortable to use in this area. I realise that there will be a lot of individual opinions on this but after some toying around I have found a blade shape I am extremely happy with and works well for the tasks I put it to.

The blade shape working for me is the Canadian Belt Knife (as in D.H. Russell fame). With this in mind I thought I might try and venture a little way in to a custom knife, which would be suitable and just for me, and I would like to try and do some of this myself.

I see that Grohmann appear to do a kit which provides a full tang blade. To fit my need I would like to lighten the tang a little by removing a little of the mass from its centre and then using some type of rubber or plastic to provide a grippy handle. The rubberised handles on the CRKT Big Sky range / Big Eddie range are a personal favourite but I suspect these might be a little beyond an amateur and a moulded plastic solution might be a better bet.

I was wondering is someone could recommend a method I could look into for forming and shaping a plastic type grip to replace the wooden handle and scales which come with the Grohmann kit.

I'm very willing to get my hands dirty so any suggestions would be welcome.

Thanks

Dave
 
There's a product for waterproofing basement walls that comes in a spray can. Very durable and kinda sticky. We would spray our hockey stick shafts with it to improve grip instead of using tape. You might find a display of this stuff at the hardware store. It would be a cement block with water in it and one side of it with this stuff sprayed on. It might give the type of grip you want, or it might not.

Another option would be plasti-dip like you find on the handles of pliers, wrenches, etc. Much thicker, easier to replace, probably not as sturdy. Again, check the hardware store.

Perhaps a plaster mold and lost wax casting. Not certain what material you would use for the handle itself. Latex or Silicone would be easy, but probably not as sturdy as you would like.
 
Horse stall mat,it is a neoprene rubber. contact cement to attach and sand to 220 grit.
Stan
 
Thanks a lot gents, both excellent suggestions, I'll have a play with those options and see what I come up with.

Many Thanks again
 
I have my hands on some Horse Stall Matting, this stuff could be just the ticket thanks for the tip.

If the results come to anything I'll be sure to post.
 
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