Where to buy stabilized wood and micarta?

eyeeatingfish

eyeeatingfish

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Ive seen knifekits.com and usaknifemaker and trugrit and a couple of others but I cant find a large selection of micarta. Usually just black and brown. I dont have a respirator system so I dont really want to work with g-10, unless respirators are cheap or something.
Stabilized wood I can usually find but not in large selections. I wish I could find somewhere cheaper though. I guess this stuff is just naturally expensive though.
And i tried making homemade micarta but I dont have a press and a brick on top of some linen didnt come out very good.
Thanks in advance.
 
you need a respirator for micarta aswell.

They're only like 25 bucks, and you get at least 3 hours of pretending to be darth vader. so in the long run its worth it.
 
You should have a respirator even if you're just grinding metal. Belts have silicone and even many woods are hazardous when ground. I also get wood from alpha and Jantz has some good colors of micarta.
 
I guess ill have to go and buy a respirator then.

I havent been able to find the more exotic micarta colors but if im going to buy arespirator anyway maybe i should just use g-10
Does G-10 have any other special rules about its use? Gotta wear along sleeve shirt? I hear it shapes just fine.
 
Both Knife and Gun and Texas Knifemakers supply have many colors of micarta.
 
eyeeatingfish said:
I guess ill have to go and buy a respirator then.

I havent been able to find the more exotic micarta colors but if im going to buy arespirator anyway maybe i should just use g-10
Does G-10 have any other special rules about its use? Gotta wear along sleeve shirt? I hear it shapes just fine.
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clean it up good when done. Do not ingest.

It's moderately nasty stuff.
 
There was somebody on line in the forums that was selling Micarta awhile back. If I remember correctly they some good prices too. Just forgot who it was.
 
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