Guess I need to get a grip .....

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DOC-CANADA

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On my Bravo-1, that is. :o

I finished work, today, and it was still light out, so I went for an unplanned, quickee hike. (no camera) I had my Antique Ivory Bravo-1 in the van, so I took it with me.

Came across a nice big False Tinder fungus, so I thought I would cut off a few pieces and stick it in my pocket. Here's the problem. I found the handle scales, while beautiful, were also very slick and I was concerned about slipping and cutting my hand open. Luckily, I didn't.

Anybody have any suggestions about increasing the grip short of roughing it up with sandpaper?

TIA,

Doc
 
DOC-CANADA said:
Here's the problem. I found the handle scales, while beautiful, were also very slick and I was concerned about slipping and cutting my hand open. Luckily, I didn't.

Anybody have any suggestions about increasing the grip short of roughing it up with sandpaper?
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Give the handle a wash with warm / hot soapy water.

This should remove any polish / wax used on the finished handle.

If this doesn't work, you could always use some high grit sand paper :D


Kind regards
Mick
 
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+1, I've heard washing off the wax on the BRKT micarta handles was pretty much a necessity to prevent slippage.
 
Doc, I washed my Bravo1 as son as I took it out of the box and it helped quite a bit. Not an extreme differance, but definatly noticeable.:thumbup:

Other then that theres media blasting, sand paper, or you could groove em with a drill like gunknifenut did to his. It looked like it had very good texture, and looked neat to boot.:cool:

For me, washin em with warm soapy water was plenty.:thumbup:
 
Doc,

I agree on the washing. I ended up getting some dye on my handles while making a sheath for it. I washed it off with soap and water as well as some baking powder. It acted like the slightest abrasive and worked well to take off the dye and make it grippier.

Give it a shot.

TF
 
Is this a job for some bicycle inner tube or a couple of extra wide ranger bands?
 
Hey Doc, you have two of those beauties. Why not rough one up and make it a user :)
 
A little alcohol scrub will work to take the wax off too. I ended up using a scotchbrite blue (fine) abrasive belt to lightly scuff the micarta across the handle (90 degrees to the blade) which gives a fine tooth to the surface without being obvious. I realize you didn't want to use sandpaper, but short of the wash methods, there aren't many other choices that don't change the surface texture.
 
Old fashioned scouring soap like Vim could be just enough abrasive with the advantage of a liquid being easier to keep even.
 
Cut up some fatwood, that bloody resin always gets on my hands and the knife handle but it does give ya a good grip !!!!
 
Thanks, all, for the suggestions (except pitdog :rolleyes:). The antique ivory one usually stays in the knife drawer, but it was handy at the time.

kgd said:
Hey Doc, you have two of those beauties. Why not rough one up and make it a user :)
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Good idea, of course, but the Black Canvas is quite a bit grippier (this is a word?) than the Antique Ivory, and the handle is a bit fatter. The Black Canvas one is the user, that is when I'm not using the Breeden DHLK, or the RC-3, or the BK-2, or the..................... :o

Doc
 
Try using some Flitz metal polish or something similar on the handle with a toothbrush,it's a mild abrasive and you can polish up the pin's at the same time.
 
Good advice DJJ. Flitz works awesome also at cleaning up blades. Hey Doc - if you are looking for Flitz locally, I found some at Home Hardware in the household cleaning section where they keep the polish stuff. Its in a little grey tube. It is perfect for folks with tool steels about!
 
I use a green scotchbrite pad and hot soapy water to clean my Mini Northstar after cleaning wild game. After a few times I noticed the handle wasn`t as smooth.
 
j williams said:
Doc, I washed my Bravo1 as son as I took it out of the box and it helped quite a bit. Not an extreme differance, but definatly noticeable.:thumbup:

Other then that theres media blasting, sand paper, or you could groove em with a drill like gunknifenut did to his. It looked like it had very good texture, and looked neat to boot.:cool:

For me, washin em with warm soapy water was plenty.:thumbup:
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Jake, I used a chainsaw file..worked well...infact, I am thinking about further mods to that Bravo1, I just got another..and I am gonna keep that one stock, just to see if my mods are functional to me, or just me grinding for the sake of grinding.:D
 
Doc,

I have the White Bone Micarta. Just using it and washing it made mine much better. I felt like you do - it was SLIPPERY when I first got it.

TF
 
I think the antique ivory is a paper micarta and you could have it checkered by a gunsmith.
 
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