Horse Stall Mat

[Rat Finkenstein]

Anyone know where I can find a chunk of Horse Stall Mat, thicker the better? Maybe one square foot? I see 4x6 sheets online, but I don't need so much, and don't care to spend $50+. Just need to re-handle a machete and make scales for a spyderco mule. Open to suggestions if there are any similar products in smaller sizes.

Thanks!

 

[JCaswell]

I get the horse stall matt from a local feed store.

However, it's about 3/4 inch thick. I use this stuff to sit machines on and stuff.

Is this the same stuff you want for handle material?

 

[TekSec]

I have some rubber floor matting for shop floors. Lots of spare chunks left over, probably about 3/8" thick. You pay shipping and i'll throw a bunch in a flat rate envelope for ya' (as much as will fit). More than enough for some handles.

 

[jll346]

Good article in Blade reciently about using these mats for handles.

 

[Rat Finkenstein]

I have some rubber floor matting for shop floors. Lots of spare chunks left over, probably about 3/8" thick. You pay shipping and i'll throw a bunch in a flat rate envelope for ya' (as much as will fit). More than enough for some handles.

Thanks for the offer, but I have some on the way from another kindly gentleman. :thumbup:

Good article in Blade reciently about using these mats for handles.

That was what gave me the idea. I wanted something easy, yet tough and grippy. Seems perfect for a machete.

 

[jll346]

I am going to pick one up next week probally. I think a place near me sells a full mat for about $40. Enough mat for probally 150 knives!

 

[J.Marsillo]

Thanks for the offer, but I have some on the way from another kindly gentleman. :thumbup:



That was what gave me the idea. I wanted something easy, yet tough and grippy. Seems perfect for a machete.

You wont be dissapointed with those grips on a machete :thumbup:

 

[DrThunder88]

What kind of material is the rubber in the mats? I only ask because I did a stacked-washer handle made with some Neoprene sheeting from McMaster-Carr. I think the stuff I used was 50A durometer, and I think I should've gone a bit higher for the chopping it was meant to endure.

 

[JTknives]

man 50 bucks for a 4x6 sheet that would make 256 sets of 1.5x4.5 scales . and is very cheep at .195 cents a set

 

[Scoops21]

I use horse stall mats on the floor of my shop. They are easy on the back and have saved me a lot of grief on the 'rare' occasion I drop something. Got some at Southern States (I think they went out of business) and the rest at a Tractor or Farm supply store.