Some stuff for Blade

ban, anything handle-wise you came back with that made you say "you know, this would look even more kick ass than red/black or orange/black on that clip point BT6 i'm working on...."
 
I picked up a set of orange glow in the dark burlap scales from Shadetree. Also picked up some pretty cool machined textured micarta. Also, got a few sets of ironwood scales. All of above are smaller scales for BT4 sized handles. Also, got some really cool lightening strike carbon fiber. I hate to work with carbon fiber and g10 but had to pick up the lightening strike because it looked so darn classy. They are thinner 1/8 scales so I will probably use them on smaller knives with thicker liners. Might have to do a Pikal with some very soon.
 
sounds cool. maybe on the next one down the road, after the 6.....
your forum is bad for my bank account, ban.
 
Ban said:
I picked up a set of orange glow in the dark burlap scales from Shadetree. . .
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And he thanks You! It was great to see you, your beautiful companion as well as some examples of your work.

That thin slicer was such a temptation. . .

Thanks again for stopping to put a face to the name.
 
Ban said:
[...]Also, got some really cool lightening strike carbon fiber. I hate to work with carbon fiber and g10 but had to pick up the lightening strike because it looked so darn classy. They are thinner 1/8 scales so I will probably use them on smaller knives with thicker liners. Might have to do a Pikal with some very soon.
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That sounds awesome, looking forward to seeing that. :thumbup: I've only seen the green gitd yarn, so seeing the orange gitd handles will be interesting.
 
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Ban, I've always liked this particular modified Santoku, do think the blunter tip makes a big difference in the kitchen?
 
MRpink said:
Ban, I've always liked this particular modified Santoku, do think the blunter tip makes a big difference in the kitchen?
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Depends on how you use the knife. For the most part I don't think there will be much of a difference even if you did use the tip.
 
Yeah, I think there's enough of a tip even on those to do tip-oriented work. If I really need to use a point for some reason, I go to something smaller like a paring knife or shorter for greater control of the tip. I think I prefer the snubbed version aesthetically....
 
Yeah, aesthetically I like both, but I think the snubbed one looks a little cooler. Just didn't want to sacrifice performance for looks on a kitchen duty knife. I think I'll be good with the snub nose :)
 
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