Slippery Buffalo horn grips.

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So I bought my kukri and the buffalo horn grips looked sweet in the pictures then, this past Thursday, it arrived and it was just as beautiful as the pictures unfortunately I noticed after handling it a bit that those same beautiful grips are going to get me hurt. They are very slippery, especially if my hands are wet or sweaty. Is there a way to fix that? I was really hoping to use it but I won't want to if it slips out of my hand.
 
Yes but if it slips out of my hand mid-swing it will pivot on the lanyard and swing the scary sharp blade towards me won't it? I still intend to add a lanyard but the hole is small and kinda jagged so I need to fix that it's just not quite the solution for the problem.
 
I have yet to be hit by a knife that flew out
of my hand has a lanyard.
Keep it short for quick recovery.

You can try sanding the scales with a grit to your liking.

Add some golf ball dimples if your skilled.
 
Yeah those are skills I don't really have. I would assume it's like wood and you sand with the grain? What grit range would be good to use? Should I treat it with something once finished? This is my first knife that isn't all metal or metal with plastic/rubber grip and I want to keep it as awesome as possible for as long as I can.

Edit: I don't mind taking the shiny off the grip if it will decrease the slipperiness though.
 
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Sadden said:
Drill a hole and add a forward lanyard , pulls the handle into your hand.
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Don't have the tools to drill a hole. My workshop is at my summer home, it's the only place I have room for it... Also I'm impatient and don't want to wait a few months.
 
Bonzodog I'd love to checker my grip but if I did I'd most likely mess it up and it would look terrible. I have no experience with this kind of stuff...
 
Yep, I could but that would require me to trust a complete stranger to do it right. I'm thinking, at least for now, sanding it will be fine with the addition of the lanyard as well. Then after the summer is over and I go into hibernation mode maybe I'll contact a member of this forum and see if he'd be willing to checker the grip for me.

Roughly how much would something like that cost on average?
 
Oh, it's easy! You just buy the jar and dip the handle in. Or, you could get the spray kind.
 
Canadian,

Just hit it with some fine grit sand paper! The difference is night and day. Here is a CAK that I sanded to a satin finish. Much more grip now.



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How about some of that tennis racquet tape. Very grippy without removing the handle finish. It is removable just fine without residue also.
 
kjd2121 The handle is big (but not too big) so if I add the tape it will be too big to grip I think, I may try it though in the near future.
 
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