My try at making micarta scales

OK here are a couple pix of what I've got right now. I was hoping that it would be a bit wider so I could make it for the BK2, and since it slipped yesterday when I was clamping it down I now have less material to work with. So I think I'm gonna make scales for the ESKabar now. I will have a lot of extra material left over from this slab that I made so I might make a couple extra and contest 'em away on here. Who knows I still have some work ahead of me with this first set.

Here are the pictures I took so fat today Derek.
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I think this might look pretty cool from what I can see right now.
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So since like I said I didn't have enough material to make scales for the BK2 here are the pictures of what I did.

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I'm not entirely done with it. I'm planning on cutting holes for the ring or butt or the handle, and I need to get some finer sand paper. I sanded the scales all by hand, and ya it did take a while to do it. I'm not entirely sold on the brass screws. I do have some SS ones, and I'm thinking that I need to recess them into the scales.

Overall I like what I've done so far, and I'll keep you guys up to date on my progress with them.
 
Yeah, I say recess em. Coming along nicely though.
 
Man, make sure you're wearing a dust mask or something when you're cutting and sanding. Once that resin dust gets in your lungs, it's there to stay. :thumbdn:

It looks like you ended up with some good solid material though. :thumbup:
 
Here is what I think is my finished product. I had some time in the shop today so along with stripping the 2 I also drilled the hole for the 14's scales, and contoured it a little more. Now we can see a little more grain in the scales.

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smoking deal crazy.... looks awesome and love the smell:p

I do the same exact thing, I have many scales waiting for some knife action my only problem at the moment is finding SCREWS !!!!! at a reasonable rate as I want to buy 50-100..

If you buff them out they'll be even sweeter.... :thumbup:

I've heard once before that the name 'Micarta' is actually a CR, so technically other knife manufacturers are not suppose to use that name.. of course I'm probably wrong and talking out of the side of my neck..
 
MyWifeThinksImCrazy said:
Here is what I think is my finished product. I had some time in the shop today so along with stripping the 2 I also drilled the hole for the 14's scales, and contoured it a little more. Now we can see a little more grain in the scales.

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Wow, that looks awesome! What did you use to cut out the hole and how to line them up? What tool did you use to contour? Very nice job:thumbup:
 
TheLastDaze said:
smoking deal crazy.... looks awesome and love the smell:p

I do the same exact thing, I have many scales waiting for some knife action my only problem at the moment is finding SCREWS !!!!! at a reasonable rate as I want to buy 50-100..

If you buff them out they'll be even sweeter.... :thumbup:

I've heard once before that the name 'Micarta' is actually a CR, so technically other knife manufacturers are not suppose to use that name.. of course I'm probably wrong and talking out of the side of my neck..
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Thanks!! I should try polishing it and see how that goes. Maybe I should change my title to 'micarta style scales' or 'resin and fabric layered scales' ;)

Flying Guillotine said:
Nice work, man! The contours look very comfortable. How does it feel in-hand?
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Thanks!!! It feels pretty good. Though I think I might take off a little more on the top and bottom edges of it and see how that goes.

Sh@rp said:
Wow, that looks awesome! What did you use to cut out the hole and how to line them up? What tool did you use to contour? Very nice job:thumbup:
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Thanks!!! I used a 4 in 1 file that has the wood rasp and bastard files on it in flat and half round. I used a 5/8" flat blade drill bit. It actually fits rather well in there. I left one scale on the handle drilled it out then put the other one back on and drilled it.

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