Is this Blasphemous?

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Sorry for the jibberish up top. I passed out on the keyboard when I read the first post about not liking yellow handles :D

I really like SM2's idea of letting the gators rough up the handles. If you decide not to go that route I bet one of our resident knife makers could do a nice custom knurl or check pattern on your handle. You could probably even have one of them replace your handles with jigged yellow bone. Let us know how the mod goes.
 
ElCuchillo said:
I don't have a problem with the COLOR yellow. Just the fact that it is so slippery and not practical in the environment I work with. Maybe I will jig it up with my dremel. Hmmm........ something to think about.
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if you do this please post a pict cause i'm definitely intrigued, got my gears turning which usually costs me money:D
cheers
ivan
a big fan of the yellow handles:thumbup:
 
Fish slime & water make for an insecure grip.
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That's how I lost my first Sog Powerlock.

You know, it would be cool if a company would put out a checkered yellow offering.
 
mp510 said:
That's how I lost my first Sog Powerlock.

You know, it would be cool if a company would put out a checkered yellow offering.
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The start of an idea!

I'm sure Brownells or some other of the firearm parts and acsesories companies have the tool they use for hand checkering stocks. What if ElCuchillo got a piece of delrin to practice on, and hand checkerd his delrin peanut? The surface of delrin is fairly soft, and cuts easy, I know this from all the times I had to do some sort of machining on some.

I think this problem is easy to fix, if one proceeds in a slow carefull manor. Some very light grooving with a sharp tool in some sort of pattern is the aswer. A nice hering bone or perhaps a simple diagnal pattern. Either a V shaped checkering tool or a U shaped tool for doing something in a jigging pattern.
 
Checkering files can be bought.
Basically a liner, meaning "lines" that run from tang to tip.

One "files" at an angle, essentially making 1/2 of a checkered design.
Lined finish.

Now by filing across the lined, one gets the checkered finish.
Trophy Shops, Watchmakers, Clockmakers, Jlrs, all use this.


To save some money , just take a small fixed whittling knife, with a blade only 1/2 to 1" long and push cut a line.

Or get a 3/0 saw blade in a Jlrs saw, either from the Craft store, or see the family watchmaker, and let him /her cut the lines.
*grin*

Don't tell me Case Yellers with CV ain't been Un-Slipperied before...*lol*
This was going on back when boys met on floor number 3 to smoke in the boys room in HS. *yep*

Now ya know... how come grandparents, parents, aunts, uncles and others had more Grippy on their Buck and Old Timers than folks that just bought one from the store...*wink*

I ain't old - just started young.

I'll be sitting on the old folks porch if'n ya need me.

Steve
 
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sm2 said:
Checkering files can be bought.
Basically a liner, meaning "lines" that run from tang to tip.

One "files" at an angle, essentially making 1/2 of a checkered design.
Lined finish.

Now by filing across the lined, one gets the checkered finish.
Trophy Shops, Watchmakers, Clockmakers, Jlrs, all use this.


To save some money , just take a small fixed whittling knife, with a blade only 1/2 to 1" long and push cut a line.

Or get a 3/0 saw blade in a Jlrs saw, either from the Craft store, or see the family watchmaker, and let him /her cut the lines.

*grin*

Don't tell me Case Yellers with CV ain't been Un-Slipperied before...*lol*

This was going on back when boys met on floor number 3 to smoke in the boys room in HS.

*yep*
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Some good ideas there! Maybe even a trophy shop could do it at a moderate price?

Maybe use a fine point pencil to sketch the lines to follow.

You guys must have been craze when young. We used the ground floor boys room to smoke in, it was alot easier on you when you went out the window if a teacher came in!:eek:
 
We used the ground floor boys room to smoke in, it was alot easier on you when you went out the window if a teacher came in!
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Dang Yankees! *wink*

We did that too, just the view watching the girls...err...umm...you know how girls locker rooms had windows back in the day?

We had escapes routes, one was going up to floor 4 or 5 and coming down the back stairs.
One was going out the windown and hopping onto a ledge and entering the 2nd floor.

We had a way to whittle our way out of situations.
 
sm2 said:
Oh no you don't!
This here the traditional sub-forum. *wink*

Them gators you mess with don't plug themselves into wall out and use AC to swish them tails to knock over things, or work them jaws, so you ain't gonna plug up some Dremel to rough up a smooth handle.

If your are not sure of your hand skills, I got an unique idea for you.
Just perfect for you.

You do have some of them itty bitty alligators about the size of your hand- correct?
Well gators are rough skinned and the itty bitty gators have itty bitty teeth.

Stick the Peanut into that glass case the itty bitty gators are in and let them rough it up, naturally.

Just stand there and watch, and check the progress until you get the rough finish you want.
Only fitting, since you did skin a gator with a Peanut and all.


Talk about one-upping the new and fangled knife making bunch with them machined "grippy" handles they have...

*ta-da*
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I DID IT!!!
I was carrying my Yeller Stockman today and holding an alligator for an encounter with our guests, and found myself sands guests for a stretch, so I took out my knife and let the gator nibble on it for a while. Mainly some scratches and a few tiny holes, but I now have TEXTURE on my handle!! And a very UNIQUE method for getting it!! I'm gonna try with a bit bigger gator on Tuesday. Thanx for the idea, Steve. This is very cool.
 
Weirdly, I've noticed that the slicker a wood handle gets for me, the better it grips. I just finished my first sheath knife, and when the handle had been soaking in mineral oil, I pulled it out to test the grip. Secure as a bank vault, even when coated in oil.
 
sunnyd said:
If I haven't jumped all over the Yeller handled band wagon in the past, now you know why. Don't get me wrong, I still like giving them a little pocket time now and then but in most cases the natural handles always win out over the smooth synthetics every time. Some of the canvas Micarta scales like Vince mentions are good.

However, to me, nothing beats natural scales for a water and blood mixture. Stag, jigged Bone, Wood and even Pearl. And you would think MOP scales would get slick but add some water to your hand and play around with a knife with pearl scales to see what I mean. The most grippiest natural scales out there hands down (as I mentioned in another thread here a while back) for your water soaked and bloody mitts is Rams Horn scales. They actually seem to grip better in the above mentioned condition.
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If you are working in wet, slimy conditions and want a slid grip, I'd say get a fixed blade or tactical folder, or even a modified slippy, with G10. That stuff is great.
 
Seems a bit over the top, letting a gator chew on my peanut. :eek:

Have you tried any jigging or checkering yourself yet?

To be honest I did some stipple work on my yellow Eye-Brand soddie with a small pointed 1/8 punch and a very light tack hammer because it was a bit slipper when wet. It worked out great. I just put a pattern of dots on each side.

My old buck 102 woodsman I got in 1969 had the same problem, slick. I took some 220 sandpaper and roughed it up using my thumb to twist the paper in a swirl pattern. Worked so well, I did it to my 2000 102 woodsman Karen gave me for my birthday as the old one was looking kind of like a long toothpick. Now with wet hands it sticks real well in the hand. You could try that, swirled 220 paper.

The gator approach... I don't know. What if the gator swallows it?:grumpy:

On the other hand, last time we were in Key West for Karen's cousins reunion, they had gator tenders on the appitizer list, but I don't think it tasted like chicken!
 
LOL. The gator won't swallow it, Carl, since I'm holding it the whole time. I did it because it is my CV Stockman. If I had a CV Peanut, I don't know. I'd think twice before I'd let ANYTHING happen to a Peanut.
 
ElCuchillo, you should check out one of the brown Delrin Barehead Slimline Trappers in Case's "Working Knives" series (#0135/61048 SS). The brown Delrin is textured and grippier than the yellow. Of course you can't see it against a murky background as well. The blades are not as mirror polished or finely finished in this series of knives from the examples I've seen, but they're still Tru-Sharp steel.

-- Sam
 
I am actually very find of the Working series of knives from Case. My first Traditional, slippie was a Working Medium Stockman, and my very first Peanut was a Working Peanut. I love the brown jigged delrin handles. As for the polish on the blades, yeah, I LIKE the rugged look to them. They don't have any Working class Case knives at my job, but they do sell a green Bone Slimline Trapper. I like it alot, and since I get it at %45 off (I think it costs like $46 or something, so for me it would be cheaper) I have really been thinking about getting it. I'm just not sure because of how long it is. I know it's a light, thin knife, but it IS longer then I'd like. How does it carry? Does it leave a big horizontal imprint in the pocket? I am also around guests everyday, so I usually like to carry something small and non-threatening. Any thoughts on the Slimline trapper as an edc?
 
Delrin checkers nicely using a thread-chasing file to form the spacing and a 3-square file to point-up the checkering.
 
ElCuchillo said:
I am actually very find of the Working series of knives from Case. My first Traditional, slippie was a Working Medium Stockman, and my very first Peanut was a Working Peanut. I love the brown jigged delrin handles. As for the polish on the blades, yeah, I LIKE the rugged look to them. They don't have any Working class Case knives at my job, but they do sell a green Bone Slimline Trapper. I like it alot, and since I get it at %45 off (I think it costs like $46 or something, so for me it would be cheaper) I have really been thinking about getting it. I'm just not sure because of how long it is. I know it's a light, thin knife, but it IS longer then I'd like. How does it carry? Does it leave a big horizontal imprint in the pocket? I am also around guests everyday, so I usually like to carry something small and non-threatening. Any thoughts on the Slimline trapper as an edc?
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They're light enough that they carry pretty well, and are utilitarian enough looking that most people don't give them a second glance. If you carry a handkerchief that's usually enough to make it stay upright in your back pocket, if you want to give that method a try. It'll stay standing in a side pocket on its own pretty well too, with the heavy end down. However, I use a thin leather wallet I've sewn together as a pouch, so that whatever knife I'm carrying doesn't print.

Those green ones caught my eye but I'd want to see one in person before I bought it. Only due to the color, mind you. I trust Case quality, just not their taste in color.

-- Sam
 
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