Stacked micarta handle?

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Hi, first post here. I have done stacked leather handles on blades before but would like to try stacking up some canvas to get the warm micarta feel. Im looking for advice on setup/glue up. I would imagine I need ALOT of canvas washers to fill the tang so cure time is not on my side with adhesives I currently have used. Someone has probably done/attempted this before but I can't find much info. Thanks
 
Just use slices of 1/8" or 1/4" canvas Micarta. I make stacked handles from it regularly. You get a nice look. I often use black with 1/10" white spacers betwen the segments, or white with red spacers.
 
I second that^. I save my scraps from slab handles in a box for this very purpose. It's a great look and they're very, very strong
 
Near exclusively I make stacked handles. Micarta is a great choice.
Often I use formica, either as accent spacers or entirely of. Its basically paper Micarta with a super thin colour layer.

Anyway, Sounds like you are wanting to simply glue canvas disks ? Much like guys creating home made "Mycarta", it can be done but on a tang, its going to be a gooey mess glueing it up.
You may be better off gluing up sheets of canvas to make a plywood like sheet then cut that to stack up as segments of.
 
I like stacked handles quite a bit. I did a puukko a little while ago and used stacked kydex and rubber. Turned out really nice, it stayed with us and gets used quite often.
 
JTknives said:
I like stacked handles quite a bit. I did a puukko a little while ago and used stacked kydex and rubber. Turned out really nice, it stayed with us and gets used quite often.
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Anyway you could post a pic of that puukko? I'm curious to see what the kydex and rubber combo looked like.


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Thank you all for the advice, I think I will go with making some slabs and cut those up. Mr. Bensinger those blades are awesome! I'm not far from you, would love to check them out sometime.
 
Knife freaky said:
Anyway you could post a pic of that puukko? I'm curious to see what the kydex and rubber combo looked like.


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IT started as a test knife to play with some D2 plainer blades I had but as it went along I started to fall in love with it. This is in the rough sanded finish on the handle.

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When I decided to try the kydex I wondered how well it would hold up being the first in the stack and not having any metal. It has preformed amazing. The kydex was very easy to get to fit the tang. Just drill a small start hole that fits the threaded tang. Then heat the tang and slide the kydex disks on. Thy instantly melt around the tang and forum a perfect square hole.

I have been saving all my kydex scraps from sheaths and wondered how it would work as a handle. I was going to do a solid stack of kydex and mix of the color to get a nice pattern but it worked amazing with the rubber. I used super glue between each layer as I stacked them just to keep everything in place. One thing I noticed that I will go back and experament on later is when you tighten the tang nut you can get the rubber layers to bulge. If done right you can get rather attractive rings of rased rubber all along the handle. The issue I had is in order to do this you would need a metal bolster on the front to take all the load.
 
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JTknives said:
IT started as a test knife to play with some D2 plainer blades I had but as it went along I started to fall in love with it. This is in the rough sanded finish on the handle.

Photo%20Sep%2016%2C%2021%2021%2035.jpg


Photo%20Sep%2016%2C%2021%2022%2033.jpg


When I decided to try the kydex I wondered how well it would hold up being the first in the stack and not having any metal. It has preformed amazing. The kydex was very easy to get to fit the tang. Just drill a small start hole that fits the threaded tang. Then heat the tang and slide the kydex disks on. Thy instantly melt around the tang and forum a perfect square hole.

I have been saving all my kydex scraps from sheaths and wondered how it would work as a handle. I was going to do a solid stack of kydex and mix of the color to get a nice pattern but it worked amazing with the rubber. I used super glue between each layer as I stacked them just to keep everything in place. One thing I noticed that I will go back and experament on later is when you tighten the tang nut you can get the rubber layers to bulge. If done right you can get rather attractive rings of rased rubber all along the handle. The issue I had is in order to do this you would need a metal bolster on the front to take all the load.
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Wow! That looks amazing! Thanks for the pic!


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Another quick question for ya JT. Where did you get the rubber for the handle I've heard rubber horse mat works well but I don't know that for a fact so did you do that or something else?


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Knife freaky said:
Another quick question for ya JT. Where did you get the rubber for the handle I've heard rubber horse mat works well but I don't know that for a fact so did you do that or something else?


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Horse matt generally has white specks in it. I'd like to know the type of rubber you used also, JT. Your knife has a nice look to it.
 
I don't like horse stall mats because it's normally made from recycled rubber I think. The color is off and has spots in it. The rubber I use is from a big roll I got at a surplus store. I don't know 100% what it is but I'm guessing its neoprene. The rubber is vulcanized as it does not melt. Surfaces have what I'm guessing is a light wax coating and it smells like tires when grinding. I'm going to be sad when I use it all up as it's very nice material, I wonder if there is a way to test it to know exactly what it is.
 
From looking at it I'm fairly certain it is neoprene. If it's bulging with the end cap likely around 50-60 Shore A.
 
Conveyer belt material? ... it's a lot like stall mat but generally more even looking.

Great looking knife JT Knives!
 
Unless the belting has webbing in it. A lot of it does for tensile strength, like in a tire.
 
Try your local shoe repair guy for rubber.
I've thrown away tonns of rubber bits large enough for washers.
(leather as well)
I now work at a place where we make orthopaedic shoes by hand. If you have a place like that near you, drop by.
Rubber isn't expensive and comes in differeng hardnesses and colours
 
Our friends at McMaster Carr, sell all manner of sheet rubber of various thickness & Shore.
 
That rubber micarta stacked looks like i could take coat it in wd40 and it would stick to my hand anyway....what i mean is it looks "grippy"
 
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