Recommendation on Roughing up Handle

The Zieg

The Zieg

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Loving my USN Mk1, but the stacked leather is just too slick for me. What methods of roughing it up have the best success: Wire brush, sandpaper, scoring with a gouge, farrier's rasp? I don't want to shoot myself in the foot on this mod.

NB: I don't have a belt sander or bench grinder. Dremel, drill, and lots of hand tools. Palm sander somewhere.

Zieg
 
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The Zieg said:
Loving my USN Mk1, but the stacked leather is just too slick for me. What methods of roughing it up have the best success: Wire brush, sandpaper, scoring with a gouge, farrier's rasp? I don't want to shoot myself in the foot on this mod.

Zieg
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I used a course scotchbrite pad with good affect. Your right the leather does feel slick.
 
614A41BC-98CB-4719-8531-D94860E11BBB.jpeg I used a round file to put the rings around the handle on a Mk2. I have thought about doing the same to a Mk1. It makes it more grippy. Without roughing the surface.

Edit: to mention adding “0” rings to the new grooves. Would be an option too.
 
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light touch with 60 or 80 grit sandpaper or a wire brush would be my first try.
scotch brite may not do much, or may take a while -- but owuld be great for smoothing things out if you got too excited with the implements listed above.
 
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