New Handle liners for my BK16

Eero

Eero

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Mrn8 made these for me a few weeks ago. They make all the difference in grip feel on a BK16. I need to get another pair I keep rotating them onto my 17 & 15 and back.

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Those look awesome. I have a pair of his liners on my 16 as well, he does great work. Enjoy!
 
Anybody using these with a kydex sheath? Does the scale width end up being similar
to Saints micarta, or did you have to send your knife in to get a good fit?
 
Filedog - you end up needing slightly longer hardware, which is why I offer stainless hardware with the set.

Here's my BK15 with the liners in a Godspeed sheath. It makes the fit tighter, but still works just fine. Perhaps a few seconds with a blow dryer on it would loosen it up a bit to feel like it was intended to. He's also got a set of liners on the way, so he'll be able to make them to this width on request.

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If you want to go even thinner, I've found that the material the 5-Star folders are made out of works well for a very thin liner. You could easily cut those to shape with scissors and use a razor knife to shape it up to your set of handles.
 
mrn8 said:
If you want to go even thinner, I've found that the material the 5-Star folders are made out of works well for a very thin liner. You could easily cut those to shape with scissors and use a razor knife to shape it up to your set of handles.
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Also i hear cd/dvd or video game cases work well. Horton hears a who is a nice orange!
 
mrn8 - thanks for the info, been meaning to try a set.
Have you tried the Saints micarta? One of the sheath
makers has a different pattern for sheaths with those
scales. Wonder if they end up being fatter than grips
w/your liners.
 
I have Saint micarta on my BK9, but I don't have their tweener grips. The full-sized ones end up being a little thinner. I've heard the tweener ones are a little thicker, but I can't verify how much. These liners add .060" to the width of the grip.
 
worldwood said:
Also i hear cd/dvd or video game cases work well. Horton hears a who is a nice orange!
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I made some out of a DVD case but I did a less then passable job. I got the extra width added to the handle but wanted something that actually fit and looked nice. Mrn8's liners fit better then anything I ever could have ever made plus their G10 and orange. Can't go wrong with that combo.
 
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