Looking for Micarta...

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ducksoup

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I really like the look of the black micarta and nickel-silver on this NRA Benchmade. However, as I'm not an NRA member, I've been looking for something similar (with no success).

Do any other manufacturers make slip-joints with micarta? Custom knives are probably beyond my budget right now.

Thanks
 
Don't keep up with new stuff as much as I used to, but I sure have not seen any.
Case has been putting out at least one model with G10, just have not micarta from any factories (yet).
 
ducksoup, couldn't you still get the knife and just remove any etch that you find displeasing?

I've been trying to think of an alternative but haven't come up with one as yet.
 
I've seen a canoe pattern,if I recall,"Bowie Corp"
Also,some lockbacks
All older & out of production stuff.The big auction site on the bay would be a place to look.
There are many with synthetics,that are not micarta,but synthetic
Also,AG Russell has some LB's with some type of micarta
Good luck hunting,
-Vince
 
Blues said:
ducksoup, couldn't you still get the knife and just remove any etch that you find displeasing?

I've been trying to think of an alternative but haven't come up with one as yet.
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Yeah,that too :D
-Vince
 
I'm sure you can just polish off the etchings on that Benchmade, if you object to the NRA markings. Most etchings are fairly shallow, and will come off easily. Great Eastern uses micarta on some of their Pioneer and Scout models, but not alternating color linen like that, they use solid color paper micarta.

For $15, that NRA Benchmade looks like a good deal. I wonder who made that for them. The Rough Rider factory, maybe? From the blade steel, I'm sure it's Chinese.
 
not a manufactured knife...but micarta on a traditional sure can look good. :D

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My suggestion would be to join the NRA!

I personally don't collect Chinese knives but that one does look nice.
 
LuciousClay said:
My suggestion would be to join the NRA!

I personally don't collect Chinese knives but that one does look nice.
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Not particularly on target there LC as far as helping the OP.
 
ducksoup said:
I really like the look of the black micarta and nickel-silver on this NRA Benchmade. However, as I'm not an NRA member, I've been looking for something similar (with no success).

Do any other manufacturers make slip-joints with micarta? Custom knives are probably beyond my budget right now.

Thanks
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That is what is commonly called Spanish Micarta, it can be purchased commercially, but I am not sure where. If you do a search on the interweb, you will find more examples of it.

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
 
If you find a knife pattern you like, it is pretty easy to find micarta online in a variety of colors. IF a custom is out of your price range, one thought might be to find a maker (or a friend) who could replace the scales on that knife with the micarta. If you find a maker relatively young in his career, I bet the turnaround time would be pretty good and the price wouldn't be too bad. I would think you could do that for well under the price of a custom knife. I'm sure you could put a post up on one of these forums, possibly in the Exchange section, and see if anyone responds.
 
cnas122 said:
If you find a knife pattern you like, it is pretty easy to find micarta online in a variety of colors. IF a custom is out of your price range, one thought might be to find a maker (or a friend) who could replace the scales on that knife with the micarta. If you find a maker relatively young in his career, I bet the turnaround time would be pretty good and the price wouldn't be too bad. I would think you could do that for well under the price of a custom knife. I'm sure you could put a post up on one of these forums, possibly in the Exchange section, and see if anyone responds.
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Good point, Campbell.:thumbup: I was going to mention it when Steven suggested purchasing the micarta. In the Maintenance/Embellishment Forum I've seen folks ask for assistance with getting work like that done. Plus there are folks that have their own forums here on the site that do that kind of work. STR comes to mind as one that seems to have a good following.
 
As I recall, Spyderco makes a number of pieces (older, and some current) in micarta. One of their earliest collaboration knives was a Wayne Goddard in three sizes. I think they have brought that model back.
Jay
 
Beaver said:
As I recall, Spyderco makes a number of pieces (older, and some current) in micarta. One of their earliest collaboration knives was a Wayne Goddard in three sizes. I think they have brought that model back.
Jay
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The OP showed a picture of Spanish Micarta, which , best I know of, they have not used....just simple black micarta, which you can purchase anywhere, in linen, paper, or canvas......the one that MorrowJ posted up there is canvas, btw.

Spanish Micarta is usually linen, and it is in layers of white and black...I don't care for it, but some people do.

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
 
I bought two of those NRA knives, the Canoe and the Stockman, and they're "dandy" :D little knives. Here's some notes from my journal (with edits):

The Canoe is a little small for what I need, but works very well for a general use pocket knife; the scales have a nice swell to them, and they fill your hand & make up for the lack of (handle) length. I don't use the Canoe hardly at all, due to size. I use the Stockman a lot more.

I haven't seen a Stockman pattern with raised bolsters (like a Copperhead pattern), and they cover the blade tangs well, but not too much, on this one. That's a nice touch on a working whittling knife - fewer corners to bite you when you're working hard on a detail. (I haven't found another Stockman with raised bolsters out there.)

The blades on both were a real surprise - sharp, and on the Stockman, ready for detail work right out of the box. The edges last for a while, and resharpening is fairly easy. I didn't know about 8Cr14MoV steel until I bought these; I don't go out of my way to buy the new steels I don't know about. This stuff (8Cr14MoV) was a nice surprise. (It won't replace my good carbons, though; I'll live & die by my good carbon blades.) The Case acolytes may come huntin' for me when I say this, but the 8Cr14MoV on my NRA Stockman seems to last a little longer between sharpenings than my Case Seahorse.

I don't mind the NRA Outdoors logo on the blade; most etches don't last long on my knives anyway, as I whittle quite a bit. Once the etch show a little wear, I usually take it off with extra fine emery cloth, then 0000 steel wool, then Flitz; three steps, about 5-10 minutes. Some etches come off with just the Flitz by itself.

Ironically, the joints on these two had a lot less crud in them than most slipjoints I buy. Didn't take much to clean them up and put them (well, the Stockman, anyway) to work.

Hope that's helpful.

thx - cpr

ps - ducksoup - you got (pm) mail
 
FWIW, I got to handle one of the NRA knives and it was nowhere near as nice in person as it was in some of the pictures I've seen. It's an OK knife, but has the feel of a cheapy (imo). I suppose it's worth the $15, but don't expect it to feel like a higher priced one.

-- sam
 
Lone Wolf makes a "city knife" in Micarta you might look at. I don't know if it is folksy enough for you or not. They also run over bucks but I have heard they are nice knives.
 
Yosemite Sam said:
FWIW, I got to handle one of the NRA knives and it was nowhere near as nice in person as it was in some of the pictures I've seen. It's an OK knife, but has the feel of a cheapy (imo). I suppose it's worth the $15, but don't expect it to feel like a higher priced one.

-- sam
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Sam, you've been a regular bucket of cold water of late. Somebody do something to your Wheaties that we need to beat up? :p
 
John T Wylie Jr said:
From what I remember hearing , Lone Wolf is no longer making the City Knife in micarta.

Not sure why...
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I have two of these. They are great. You are correct..they are no longer making them.

green canvas micarta

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