ice pick tip differences + pics

Josh Muller

Josh Muller

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i got my 4 nuclear ice picks yesterday :D
i noticed that one of them has an extra sharp tip, and one of them has a shorter bevel then the other two, kind of shown here
nuclear-ice-pick-tips.jpg


wich makes me wonder wich one i should carry, or, more specificall, wich will blunt faster/still work well when blunted...

i need to make some kydex for it... im thinking im just going to hand pinch a small section at the tip for the time being, and then do a full one with side pocket clip to keep it in the tool pocket of my pants

the bottle opener-
nuclear-ice-pick-bottle-opener.jpg


the handle (sort of)
nuclear-ice-pick-handle.jpg
 
i looked at about 20 nips during blade04 and i thought all their tits were the same. i think i would put the sharper one in to personal service :cool:
 
Seth,

Awesome Pics!

The slight differences in tip configuration is due in large part to the fact that all of these babies were hand ground.

YEE HAW!!

Jerry
 
Cant wait to get mine!..............I am getting mine....right? ;)
 
I somehow new that you were responsible for the black hole that my knives keep inexplicably falling into! :p ;) :D







actually I kinda thought it was Skunk, heh heh heh:p
 
the wrap job i did on my personal one (the sharp one :rolleyes: :D ). instead of the normal straight across spiral, or the expected strider style wrap, i went with a turks head knot. and let me say, having had a strider with factory wrap - this is more stable/sturdy, but its also a lot harder to do. the tightness inherent in the weave wont allow it to move or loosen up anywhere, and because of the bulge in the center of the tube of weave, it wont slip front or back at all. im quite happy with how it turned out :). i did however mar up the coating a bit with the two screw drivers i was using to lift the cords during the tighter phase of the knot... it made me wish i wish i had a few marlon spikes...

ice-pick-with-wrap.jpg

icepick-handle-wrap-plus-bottle-opener.jpg

ice-pick-in-hand.jpg

ice-pick-wrap-supa-close.jpg
 
there are quite a few variations on the turks head knot, i chose the one that seemed simplest for someone who had never made one before (me).

from the ashley book of knots -
turks-head-knot-how-to.jpg


a variation of the turks head knot that would be interesting as a handle wrap...
turks-head-knot-variation.jpg


nick asked for a straight on shot of the NIP, so here they are :)
ice-pick-on-cherry.jpg

icepick-on-forearm.jpg
 
Thanks Josh !!

Very helpful but confusing - LOL !!

I'll give it a shot when mine arrives eh !
 
My NIP arrived this morning and it looks like the one on the right - very pointy !!

Ironic thing is the declaration - nothing dangerous in that box, nope "" unless you are a tonne of ICE !!

:D
 
Josh,

That's an amazing job. Methinks I'll be paging through my Ashley when mine gets in! Way to go!

Cheers,
BJB :D
 
lol :D
its a little time consuming, and you pretty much need 2 small flat head screwdrivers (or marlonspikes) and a needle nose pair of pliers. its not a difficult knot to make concept wise, it just gets tighter and tighter as you finish off the weave. at the end of it i was doing some serious prying with my little electronic screw drivers to life the cord up. pretty sure i got some deep scratches in the coating because of it... but oh well, this is my user :)
theres a lot of other weave knots in the ashley book of knots that would work well for a knife handle, but honestly think that this is one of the most secure for this shape of handle.
if you wanted to get crazy with it you could do turks head knot buttons on each side of the lanyard hole....
 
how do you do the end bits - i have the technique down but i cant get the end bits right !

Is there instructions with the knot pictures !!
 
there arent any instructions relating to this specific variaiton of the turks head knot on how to end it, but its not to hard. at the end of it, you should have a complete weave, so that there arent any empty spaces in the patter, and so that you have a constant over under patturn through out the entire thing. if its done right, the two end peices should come together as though you started with a circular peice of paracord, a perfect end to the pattern.

what i did on this was line them up paralel and sew them together, then cut the ends off and melt them (with a lighter) while smooshing/smoothing them into the rest of the weave at the top.
 
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