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[Mark Williams]

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The Loveless style is ats-34, The ugly black knfe is 440C and not finished of course, the other stuff is my homemade Markarta.

Mark

 

[peter nap]

I like the knives Gouge but I see a problem with the Micarta for me. My wife is a yorktown groupie. I can see now that she's gonna have me grinding Yorktown shells and mixing them with bourbon.

Nice looking stuff though. Have you tried to grind any of it yet?

 

[Will52100]

Nice work, I am kinda interested in how your micarta will look when mounted on a knife. Should be interesting.

 

[tmickley]

Mark, nice. I probably missed it, how did you make the Markarta(tm)?
(Your first trademark)

 

[Mark Williams]

Hey Tmickley,

Basically I just heat the polyester casting resin and add it to whatever I am making, rag ,paper etc.I let it soak well into the medium and the add the catylist and stir.I use the minimum amount of catylist that allows the slowest cure. I pour the mix into any makeshift mold and degass it in a vacuum chamber.Its a lot of fun because it never looks like what you expect it will, I am lucky as Deb happens to like the smell.
Mark

 

[Peter Atwood]

I really like the looks of that wharncliff. What are you going to do on the handle?

 

[Mark Williams]

Thanks Peter,
I thinks I will try and make a batch of black rag and sand Markarta.I will post the results when done.This full time job is really getting in the way of my knife making.
Mark

 

[Bruce Evans]

The knives look really GREAT..The Markarta looks pretty wild also.How well does it grind and polish.
Bruce

 

[Mark Williams]

Thanks Bruce,
The Markarta grinds well and will take on any finish that you want. The rag stuff looks better with a 220 grit finish and is very grippy. I am going to bead blast some to see how it looks. When I get a new batch made up I will send You some to experiment with.If anyone else reads this and would like to try some shoot me an e-mail.
Mark