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Home made micarta

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Bighaze51

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How many of you make your own micarta? I've got an old pair of knockoff carhart pants that I cut into strips and I'm going to make Black and Tan handles for my bk24. I dyed some of the strips black with rit dye and the others I left the natural khaki color. I did a test peice at work Friday but I forgot to bring it home. I'm thinking about making it into a guitar pick. My wife says I have no life. :)
 
There are lots of videos on YouTube that show how to do it. Ill take some pictures and post a build along when I do mine
 
Bighaze51 said:
How many of you make your own micarta? I've got an old pair of knockoff carhart pants that I cut into strips and I'm going to make Black and Tan handles for my bk24. I dyed some of the strips black with rit dye and the others I left the natural khaki color. I did a test peice at work Friday but I forgot to bring it home. I'm thinking about making it into a guitar pick. My wife says I have no life. :)
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You can buy a press that makes guitae picks out of expired credit/debit/loyalty/store cards, neat little press.
Good idea about making the left-over and test pieces into guitar picks
 
Hey Steve, I've got one of those pick punches. My brother gave me one for Christmas. :) the only problem is I like to use thicker picks than what it will punch. 1.5 mm.
I made one more small batch with some old jeans last night and I think I've finally got my hardened to resin ratio where I want it. So I'm going to have a blue jean micarta guitar pick and hopefully some sweet new slabs for my knife here soon
 
Bighaze51 said:
Hey Steve, I've got one of those pick punches. My brother gave me one for Christmas. :) the only problem is I like to use thicker picks than what it will punch. 1.5 mm.
I made one more small batch with some old jeans last night and I think I've finally got my hardened to resin ratio where I want it. So I'm going to have a blue jean micarta guitar pick and hopefully some sweet new slabs for my knife here soon
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Nice one, you might want to keep a few of those picks in your pocket because when people see them they'll want one. :cool:
 
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