Wtb burlap and or rag micarta.

peter r · Jan 23, 2013

Id love to find a source for burlap and rag micarta. Preferably in 1/8 flats or similar but would be happy to buy it in blocks. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Matt Markell · Jan 23, 2013

I'm interested in this as well. I've always liked the look of burlap micarta.

Marko3 · Jan 23, 2013

I have asked this question more than once.. I think it is a secret.

CapitalizedLiving · Jan 23, 2013

Shadetree Phenolics, assuming he is still making it.

Marko3 · Jan 23, 2013

I have tried contacting him a few times. I have pm'd him here and sent emails to his address. Unless he has a new one he is either just not responding or he has a new email address. Don't know. But I would love to get my hands on some nice burlap.

butcher_block · Jan 23, 2013

do you have a color inmind
i have made many different blocks and not so much sheet work

sweet · Jan 24, 2013

I've been contacted a few times now about making burlap laminates for some of you which I'm not interested in doing because I believe burlap laminates is FOD's creation, that's just not cool to make what he does for others so please do not ask me, I will just point you in FOD's direction.:thumbup:

Brian Ayres · Jan 25, 2013

sweet said:
I've been contacted a few times now about making burlap laminates for some of you which I'm not interested in doing because I believe burlap laminates is FOD's creation, that's just not cool to make what he does for others so please do not ask me, I will just point you in FOD's direction.:thumbup:

I understand your position. Do you know FOD? Can he post up a hello in Shoptalk?
If he's not around, who besides Butch makes it?
I've got some of Butch's Redhot Smash and it's awesome

peter r · Jan 25, 2013

i love the smash stuff, but im really after a smooth burlap looking texture. i want it to look like a peice of stretched out cloth. id love to buy it from fod but he seems to be mia.......

Wolf Creek Forge · Jan 25, 2013

Im honestly not trying to derail Peters thread, just trying to add to it. Ive been looking for burlap micarta too..Plenty of us have without luck..

J. Oeser · Jan 25, 2013

FOD is Shadetree and he is long gone. It used to be his thing but he doesn't do it any more.

sweet, if you can do it and you obviously have buyers (myself included) then I say go for it. The last I heard is that Mark (FOD/Shadetree) retired somewhere and gave up the handle business.

sweet said:
I've been contacted a few times now about making burlap laminates for some of you which I'm not interested in doing because I believe burlap laminates is FOD's creation, that's just not cool to make what he does for others so please do not ask me, I will just point you in FOD's direction.:thumbup:

Brian Ayres said:
I understand your position. Do you know FOD? Can he post up a hello in Shoptalk?
If he's not around, who besides Butch makes it?
I've got some of Butch's Redhot Smash and it's awesome

peter r · Jan 25, 2013

coolio. maybe we can get a large order together to make it worthwhile for sweet. im in for a couple hundred bucks.

J. Oeser said:
FOD is Shadetree and he is long gone. It used to be his thing but he doesn't do it any more.

sweet, if you can do it and you obviously have buyers (myself included) then I say go for it. The last I heard is that Mark (FOD/Shadetree) retired somewhere and gave up the handle business.

Gody · Jan 25, 2013

I realize that this may not be the appropriate place on the forum, but I´d be interested too if someone was willing and able to make a good burlap laminate.

Brian

SunsetFisherman · Jan 25, 2013

sounds like a business opportunity if I ever saw one! Might have to look into this a little further....

Mudbug007 · Jan 25, 2013

Is this what you're talking about? I make my own and may have some extra, let me try and remember where I put it.

TPVT · Jan 25, 2013

i do not want to take business away from anyone else, and i am certainly not a knifemaker. so, please forgive me if i am speaking out of turn here. but if the question is simply who has done it before, then yes....i have done it a few times.

a couple of examples....

natural:

darker color:

it's a relatively easy process, but a bit messy. please feel free to ping me with any questions you might have.

CWL · Jan 25, 2013

TPVT,

That's pretty good-looking! (reminds me of a giant peanut!)

Did you make it in vacuum, or with just a press?

edit: looks like you added a few more pics as I was writing. So you used a pan & press shaped the sheets?

TPVT · Jan 25, 2013

CWL said:
TPVT,

That's pretty good-looking! (reminds me of a giant peanut!)

Did you make it in vacuum, or with just a press?

thanks. just pressed between a couple boards. high tech!

bikermikearchery · Jan 25, 2013

TPVT said:
i do not want to take business away from anyone else, and i am certainly not a knifemaker. so, please forgive me if i am speaking out of turn here. but if the question is simply who has done it before, then yes....i have done it a few times.

a couple of examples....

natural:

darker color:

it's a relatively easy process, but a bit messy. please feel free to ping me with any questions you might have.

Very nice. Now I want some to.

SunsetFisherman · Jan 25, 2013

man those look nice! Definitely going to try making some now :thumbup: