Suggestions please.

tinfoil hat timmy · Jul 28, 2015

I have always liked orange and satin...

kaizo · Jul 28, 2015

Hmm I may be too late but I just made a handle out of tortoise kirinite and they are my go to material now. Looks great and its very easy to work with (almost like wood).

theToad · Jul 28, 2015

kaizo said:
Hmm I may be too late but I just made a handle out of tortoise kirinite and they are my go to material now. Looks great and its very easy to work with (almost like wood).

Pics or it didn't happen [emoji12]

theToad · Jul 28, 2015

tinfoil hat timmy said:
I have always liked orange and satin...

Awesome! You are a true artistè.
Did you follow some instructions or did you just wing it?

Father & Son Traditional Sharpening · Jul 28, 2015

Very nice wrap, indeed! I might suggest losing the lanyard though, you really don't need it IMO and it's just one more thing to potentially snag when carrying in the field.

kaizo · Jul 28, 2015

theToad said:
Pics or it didn't happen [emoji12]

Right on

It's my 2nd handle (first one was made out of pine for the same knife) so its not that good but here goes

Excuse the bad craftsmanship and photoskill I'm still learning!

I probably should take another photo because you can't really see the tortoise pattern in this one...

Tim if you do ever get tempted to use kirinite they have some fantastic mother of pearl patterns as well. A company called eagle grips seems to sell grips for 1911s made out of these and they look pretty sweet!

gstrader74 · Jul 28, 2015

I would have put carbon fiber scales that would be sweet.

Jaxx · Jul 28, 2015

tinfoil hat timmy said:
I have always liked orange and satin...

Nice wrap. :thumbup: Just one question...which one of us is colorblind?

tinfoil hat timmy · Jul 28, 2015

Jaxx said:
Nice wrap. :thumbup: Just one question...which one of us is colorblind?

My cell phone.

Toad: I believe "strider wrap" is what it was called.

RAD: I was holding it and swinging it around and junk last night, and the lanyard gives me the perfect choke back length for chopping when wrapped around my thumb. I'm still undecided however.

Mikeynyc · Jul 28, 2015

The hardware store sells a rubber wrap that is very durable and absorbs shock , I use it on my hammer and it works , that may be worth a look , if interested I can get u the name and maker , otherwise if you're feeling adventurous make your own Micrata , here is an awesome thread on how to ,
http://www.cartercrafts.com/micarta.htm

I have not made Micrata YET, but I bought all the materials and its on my to do list

tinfoil hat timmy · Jul 28, 2015

I'd like the name of that wrap please.

TurnerIII · Jul 28, 2015

Nice work on this. A good tight wrap is hard to do and you did a great job !

Father & Son Traditional Sharpening · Jul 28, 2015

tinfoil hat timmy said:
RAD: I was holding it and swinging it around and junk last night, and the lanyard gives me the perfect choke back length for chopping when wrapped around my thumb. I'm still undecided however.

Understood, on a knife handle like the SAR 8 which has a very wide pommel you really shouldn't need the extra retention as the shape combined with a firmer grip should be enough. Just one man's opinion but as always YMMV, then there's also the safety aspect of using lanyards. Personally I'd rather have my knife fly away chopping (never happened yet, chances are slim IMO) then swing around randomly and violently dangling from my wrist.

TurnerIII said:
Nice work on this. A good tight wrap is hard to do and you did a great job !

x2, it does seem to be wrapped very tight. I've done enough of these strider wraps by now to know it can really be a major pain getting it tight, not to mention having to rewrap it a number of times if you screw up the pattern/shape somehow.

kjd2121 · Jul 28, 2015

Where did you get the Pink Para?

PeteyTwoPointOne · Jul 28, 2015

kjd2121 said:
Where did you get the Pink Para?

He won it selling Mary Kay cosmetics

tinfoil hat timmy · Jul 28, 2015

Someone's a chatty Kathy.... No one was supposed to know I sold Mary Kay..... There goes my blade budget.

(It's actually blaze orange in $#1tty lighting with the same type cell phone camera. Orange.

)

tinfoil hat timmy · Jul 28, 2015

Red Angel Dragnet said:
Understood, on a knife handle like the SAR 8 which has a very wide pommel you really shouldn't need the extra retention as the shape combined with a firmer grip should be enough. Just one man's opinion but as always YMMV, then there's also the safety aspect of using lanyards. Personally I'd rather have my knife fly away chopping (never happened yet, chances are slim IMO) then swing around randomly and violently dangling from my wrist.

Makes sense... Certainly something to think about. I suppose I'd still be able to find it eventually should it fly, orange is a bit tougher to miss.

x2, it does seem to be wrapped very tight. I've done enough of these strider wraps by now to know it can really be a major pain getting it tight, not to mention having to rewrap it a number of times if you screw up the pattern/shape somehow.

TurnerIII said:
Nice work on this. A good tight wrap is hard to do and you did a great job !

Thanks guys. I gutted some cord to wrap the handle. It helps the final layer grip the otherwise slippery satin tang.