Non Slip Grip

1984nitro

1984nitro

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I have a guy that wants a micarta handle on a knife, he whats me to put some kind of texture on it so it don't get slippery when it is blood and his hands are cold.
I was planing on put a landyard on it to go around his hand but was wondering it there was some thing else to do?
I would have to do it by hand or on a grinder.
Thanks for your help
Eric Knight
 
Blasting is an easy way to get a textured finish on your micarta, but if you can't blast it then could you texture it with a dremel tool? If you take a carbide burr you can cut grooves into perpendicular to the lines of the handle and add some grip. You could also do this with a file.
 
i haven't worked micarta before, looking forward to doing it soon.

but i have read that you can leave it at a coarser finish, bead or sandblast it, or texture it like acridsaint suggested.

i would personally suggest heavily contouring it and perhaps using large size hollow pins so that a lanyard can be inserted at several points.
 
A maker named Jens Anso grinds shallow divots into his handles with what looks like a 1/2" or so wheel. I always liked the look and I think it'd make for a very grippy surface.
 
Definitely practice on some scrap if you will use the dremel. The little boogers can be hard to control sometimes. Maybe figure a way to use a straight edge to guide the tool if you want symetrical lines.

--nathan
 
just thought of another thing you could do...

you can use a chainsaw file or a half round file (depending on what size grooves you want to cut) for a little more control cutting the grooves in.
 
fivefold has one of the several good suggestions. do the checkering with a 00 "grit", checkering file....try Jantz for the file...but measuring and layout is real important to makin' it look good.....
I use their checkering files for wood, micarta, stainless, 6AL4V Ti, and they have lasted for years as is expectable of a fine quality file.
Good Luck!
 
i love a bead blasted finish but you could jig it like on the old school pocket knives with horn or bone scales. ya the dremel tool will try and get away from you and run down the handle leaving a nice (bad very bad) gouge.
 
I have sold a number of this style to local hunters and have had very positive feed back. I used a small chainsaw file.

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