Choctaw Dan
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Yes, sir! I strongly agree.I personally, and greatly, prefer the kraton handles over the leather ones. Tradition is one thing; usability is qute another.
Which Busse is that? It looks like my grail blade! Really!I made one EVEN GRIPPIER for my buddy using a soldering iron.
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This Busse has a grippy handle too - especially when you add some paracord as below:
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I wish the spec plus hade full width tang with scales and a guard like that cs gi tanto!This:
as opposed to this:
Kraton handles are just about the "grippiest" I have encountered. IIRC, They debuted in the late '80s with Gerber:
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I stand corrected. [Ya see, my hair isn't really turning gray. That's my gray-matter slowly leaking....]I’m afraid your recollection is a bit faulty, sir. Cold Steel introduced the use of Kraton as a knife handle material on its Tanto model in 1981.
Those great-looking BMFs of yours are handled in DuPont Hypalon, not Kraton. Gerber was the first to use Hypalon, however, with that knife in early 1986, naming it the Cushion Grip.
Plasti Dip makes everything grippy.
What is the bottom one in the first photo? Nice blades.Plasti Dip makes everything grippy.
I'm also partial to coarse G10. Like gripping 80 grit sand paper.
Plasti Dip? Interesting, never heard about it, thank you for the tip!
How do you apply it? Do you spray it, paint it or dip objects in it?
What is the bottom one in the first photo? Nice blades.