Handle coating - What to use

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I am getting a skeletonized talonite neck knife and want to coat the handle with some sort of rubberized material for grip improvement and need suggesitons.

I know of Plasti Dip and have used it on non-knife items but I'm looking for something a litte tougher like the Rigger coating that JSP uses on his blades.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks,

S.
 
Hello,

I've done this before to make file handles more comfortable and under some cordwrapped handles too for rust prevention.

I dunno if they use the same pipes in your part of the world, but over here they use black or white hard PVC pipes to protect other stuff going in the ground. The white stuff is easy, it's thick stuff, with handles which need to get sawed off when they place 'm.

Anyway. It's white plastic, surface looks like a crinckle coating.
If you heat it, it first becomes clear instead of milky white. A little hotter it get's liquid. First sticky, then like water.

I have a pot I stole out of my mam's kitchen filled with this stuff, I use it frequently to coat stuff. I really sticks to stuff like glue and leaves a milky white surface dependant on how thick you make the coating.

Greetz and take care, bart.
 
A famous french knifemaker, Fred Perrin, who designed the Emerson Perrin La Griffe and the new Spyderco Perrin Bowie sometimes uses the black anti-slip coating from skateboard decks on his grips. Just glue it on, cut out the holes with a stanley knife and you have a perfect and still thin anti-slip handle. This stuff can be found in DIY shops, too. It is sold to make wooden stairs safer.

Achim
 
I haven't tried this, but what about the spray on bed liner material? A freind of mine just apllied this to the inside of his jeep and it may be just the ticket. It has a non slip rubbery feel to it.
 
Alot of makers just paint paracord with your friendly neighborhood epoxy. Also most of the knifemaker supply houses sell neoprene scales. You can cut it with a box cutter. Then there is the grip decals that Brownell's carries for Glock's. There are already sticky backed, the come in sand and rubberized texture, and are only like $6. I have the rubberized ones on my IDPA pistol, and they work great here in the humid swampland of the South. You could even try mixing tool dip with epoxy and little beads from a sewing store. Now if this last idea creates some sort of new explosive are a new life from or something don't blame me, I was throwin out ideas. ;)
 
Like C-Camerer said. There are two brands of this stuff, that I know of, Dupli-Color and Herculiner. Both are polyurethane with rubber or other bits suspended in it. They come in various colors, are waterproof, will stick to anything that has been prepared properly. These coatings are sold at Wal-Mart, Checker auto, and other stores.
The Herculiner kit is basically a brush/roll on application. Dupli-Color has a spray can,as part of the kit.
 
Brownell's also sells an epoxy coating with grit in it, sort of a 'spray on traction tape' kind of thing. Comes in clear, too, for a pretty cool look.
This stuff is pretty durable, but takes something like a week to fully cure-plan ahead.

Larry
 
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