For the scales, I made my own micarta out of two old pairs of jeans. Epoxied them onto the tang and then used Chicago screws for hardware.
The micarta is looking VERY good ! as for the overall design when it comes to overall shape or 3D contouring, you'll know what you want after a couple of Mules
I've done a number of them now and seeing the way bartekkaniewski did the butt of his MT32 makes me tweak my design a bit more on the next iteration of it It never ends, and that's what is so good and entertaining about it.
In the collection : Lots of different steels, in lots of different (and same) Spydercos.
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The micarta is looking VERY good ! as for the overall design when it comes to overall shape or 3D contouring, you'll know what you want after a couple of Mules
I've done a number of them now and seeing the way bartekkaniewski did the butt of his MT32 makes me tweak my design a bit more on the next iteration of it It never ends, and that's what is so good and entertaining about it.
Thank you! I’m VERY happy with how it feels in hand when using, and my first go at micarta seems to have come out as it’s supposed to. You’re right though, I’m already getting the itch to start another one.
No, it wasn't difficult at all. It's fairly hard and I actually cracked one of the scales while tapping the the pins in. It wasn't a big deal since I hadn't done the sanding yet. So I just cut a new one.
Top 6 EDC Spydies: 15V Shaman, S45VN Para3 (Flytanium Scales), S90V DLT PM2, MagnaCut Native5, Crucarta PM2, Maxamet Manix2
Just finished making scales out of purple heart. First time making knife scales.
Beautiful pacu! I've never work with purple heart, is it difficult to work with?
I'm not Pacu but I've worked with the wood. Purple Heart needs some finesse to make & keep it bright purple if that's your goal, some exposure to UV but not lots. It'll go a muddy brown if not careful. Acetone wetting helps. And once finished, you want to keep the wood out of sunlight (if you want vibrant purple) so it tends to be chosen for "indoor knives." See for instance:
Just finished making scales out of purple heart. First time making knife scales.
Beautiful pacu! I've never work with purple heart, is it difficult to work with?
I'm not Pacu but I've worked with the wood. Purple Heart needs some finesse to make & keep it bright purple if that's your goal, some exposure to UV but not lots. It'll go a muddy brown if not careful. Acetone wetting helps. And once finished, you want to keep the wood out of sunlight (if you want vibrant purple) so it tends to be chosen for "indoor knives." See for instance:
That’s VERY cool! I didn’t realize that you made your own knives too! From that angle, the styling just reminded me of one of Chad’s knives I saw a while ago.
I’ve made a handful of my own (Z-wear, 4V) and 5 groomsmen’s gift knives (4V) about 7 years ago, but they weren't nearly that nice! I still have some steel left, so maybe I should get back into it.
That’s VERY cool! I didn’t realize that you made your own knives too! From that angle, the styling just reminded me of one of Chad’s knives I saw a while ago.
I’ve made a handful of my own (Z-wear, 4V) and 5 groomsmen’s gift knives (4V) about 7 years ago, but they weren't nearly that nice! I still have some steel left, so maybe I should get back into it.
Making a few more as we speak. Only ground the handles into shape last night. So below are pre shaping of handles.
Someone wanted a Green and Gold colour scheme. Australian sporting colours. So am making 2...Nice little hard work knife in 80CrV2 with a chef style about it
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First time ever making scales for any knife.
Finally got around to trying to craft some scales out of the SPY27 as a groomsman/new dad gift for a buddy of mine, had a small little oopsie, did a little blue flake epoxy Kintsugi. I think it came out really well.