Fusion G10 handles too slick,,,

[trukreltrog]

Apologies if its been covered before. Black G10 fusion handles are a slick bar of soap. What can you do to roughen them babies up so they are easier to hold on to? It's extra work clamping down on those things so the knife doesn't go flying into the abyss,,,

What have you guys done to fix it?

 

[Rob_Mob]

I think there's a bunch of YouTube videos that show people effectively sanding their knife handles to either smoothen them or make them more grippy

 

[safetyman]

Try a quick media blast. I once owned a FSH with G10 handles and had the same complaint you have. I gave them a blast with 120 grit garnet and it made them easier to hold on to.

 

[resinguy]

Grit blasting the G10 would help. That is what Tom Krein does on his G10 scales.

 

[trukreltrog]

Thanks for the ideas. Don't have access to a media blaster though, would have to hunt one down.

Anyone know how G10 would take a stipple job? How ugly it might turn out? That's something I could do myself without having to send it out to someone,,,

 

[Blade Runner 7]

I'd send it to Busse for some extra comfy canvas Micarta.

 

[David Brown]

Stippiling G-10 does not work

You can grind grooves in will a dremel or maybe a file ?

 

[gleason128]

Stippiling G-10 does not work

You can grind grooves in will a dremel or maybe a file ?

Wow those look great!

 

[jd4320t]

I'd send it to Busse for some extra comfy canvas Micarta.

I agree.

Get some canvas

 

[tinfoil hat timmy]

X3 for canvas. I had to check twice, just to be sure, but only one of my blades has g10, and it's my smallest. SAR3.

 

[trukreltrog]

Thanks for that. Guess I better get some canvas then,,,

 

[ozgooner]

Yep canvas is the way to go. Every G10 Busse I've handled has felt dangerously slippery. Micarta all the way.

 

[Skrapmetal]

Dogpile! Get canvas. I do not like the feel of G10.

 

[Mikeynyc]

Get a little pine tar , it's what baseball players put on the grip of there bat so it doesn't slip

 

[Father & Son Traditional Sharpening]

I know it sounds counter intuitive but I have found that hand shaped & polished G-10 seems to add a lot of grip for me compared to machined or textured G-10.

 

[clampdaddy]

Maybe it's all in my head but the tglb I had with G10 actually felt "grippier" when it was wet than when it was dry.

 

[tinfoil hat timmy]

I've grown to like g10. I've been known to toss a couple layers of hockey tape on a blade handle. It comes in many different colors.

 

[Father & Son Traditional Sharpening]

I've grown to like g10. I've been known to toss a couple layers of hockey tape on a blade handle. It comes in many different colors.

I've always liked the idea of hockey tape more than I cared for the reality, sure it really grips but damn that stuff is way too tacky. As in when you're done handling it your hands feel like hockey tape.