Izula idea

you cna buy micarta scales online and take a belt sander to them-an hour later have a professional looking set of scales for your izula.
 
ron_m80 said:
its a little too soft for my taste, however along the same idea as Cpl.Pun.... found.

Home depot sells cans of this insulating rubberized coating for tool handles, like the old Klein dikes use to have. Just dip it and let it dry, it will form to the shape of what dips in it, and it has different colors. Once it dries if you don't like it, you can just cut it off with a razor and it will fall away from the metal without damage.
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I visit a few of Klein Tools manufacturing facilities and am working on having someone run my Izula thru the coating line.
I like the feel of that on tool handles but I wonder if the stuff in the can is the same or not?
 
Yeah the Klien coating come off...well off of my tools. Any nobody uses Klien tools harder than an Ironworker. Tool of choice. Klien is good.
 
ron_m80 said:
its a little too soft for my taste, however along the same idea as Cpl.Pun.... found.

Home depot sells cans of this insulating rubberized coating for tool handles, like the old Klein dikes use to have. Just dip it and let it dry, it will form to the shape of what dips in it, and it has different colors. Once it dries if you don't like it, you can just cut it off with a razor and it will fall away from the metal without damage.
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Hi, I'm new to the board but thought I should step in here. I work in a factory that requires we constantly dip our tools in this plastic dip. With hard use it does not hold up too well. It is nowhere near as durable as factory dipped tools.
It does insulate electrical connections well however.
 
ironmike86 said:
Yeah the Klien coating come off...well off of my tools. Any nobody uses Klien tools harder than an Ironworker. Tool of choice. Klien is good.
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Is that you in your pic? If so mad props, that would be a kick ass job. I love high places.
 
This is my idea, I got some of the coating wax for use with knives and tools plus the bladesmith that made this wax told me that it can be used to preserve leather also. I coat the izula with this wax instead of just oiling it 'cause I don't want it to be greasy. Then I got the idea that if it protects leather it might as well protect the paracord. So I used a small paint brush to smear the wax onto the paracord and let it day then wrap the izula real tight. once done, paint the wax over the cord wrap again and let it dry for a couple of hours. Once dried the wax simply disappears inside t the paracord and leave nothing flaky on the out side. I ran the knife though water and see if the cord wrap will absorb water, well it still does but not as much and it dries quicker than before. BTW I can't find a coyote brown paracord around here but I do have a spare set of 5.11 shoelace which I find a little more fibrous when compare to 550 paracord. This is what I use for cord wrap.

Here's the wax component as the guy told me.

Microcrystalline Wax (FDA 21 CFR 172.886)
PTFE/PE Wax (FDA 21 CFR 175.300)
Dearomatized Aliphatic Hydrocarbon (free from polycyclic hydrocarbon, chlorinated compound and heavy metals)
 
PorcupineMtns66 said:
I visit a few of Klein Tools manufacturing facilities and am working on having someone run my Izula thru the coating line.
I like the feel of that on tool handles but I wonder if the stuff in the can is the same or not?
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Oh man, get the new hard material not the old one. the new stuff is as tough as skateboard wheels, really respectable material you can abuse.

I am pretty sure its injection molded though, maybe you can step into the line where you can dip i dunno.
 
crowdog said:
Is that you in your pic? If so mad props, that would be a kick ass job. I love high places.
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No. Those ppl are probally retired or close to retirement by now. That had to be in the eary 1970's. You need to wear a harness now. I have pics 40 stories up but not as cool cuz I'm hooked off. Those men are free fall :cool:
 
You remember the ones from the 30-40's? those guys were nuts, statistics were 1 falling death a day or something. DAMN!! the nerve to do the early-days high rise work, holy crap its admirable.

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Personally I think the last two are propaganda of some kind, the picture lighting is wrong, and the photo background is the same for both photo's, i dobut that both shots could have the same background and be authentic, something would be off at least a bit.
 
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^ I don't know about those pics but in the early 1900's I've seen film with ppl waiting around the block for a job. When someone got hurt another took there spot. Death back then was one million cost of the job = one life. Rule of thumb. 20yrs I've only seen 3 ppl die. To many but not bad concidering the 1900's
 
Sorry to take away from the glory of the brave souls before us but I tried the bedliner thing on a boker edit, if you are going to do definitely get the roll on kind and get some of those cheap sponge brushes, i used the aerosol type and it clogs way too easy, pre-sanding is a must also. the best would be if someone worked for a place that actually did it to trucks, it give a pretty good handle and grips in all conditions
 
^^ I think tape the blade and paint with bedliner would work pretty good. My neighbor put that diy bedliner in his truck. Chips easier(from hauling rock) but for a knife may work good. Brushed on stuff
 
I was going to do something similar to one scale of my Kershaw S110v Shallot, but I might just order some G10/screws from knifekits and slap that on instead.

If anyone does this to their Izula keep us updated and post pics. :thumbup:
 
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