Playing With Textures/Chequering

[Stuart Mitchell]

Three different LPI versions here, top being finest, bottom the most coarse.

All applied to black Micarta, which does not help to show the pitch/pattern at all

I suspect gloves could be in order for the bottom one, looks and feels a little rough to me for a knife handle, too rough I am thinking.

Top and/or middle could well be enough?

I'll get them fitted to knives and continue playing

 

[snake_2586]

Looks interesting, How are you cutting it, or is that a secret?

I might suggest for a not so sharp feel maybe cut the course one but not so deep, then you will still have a flat/smooth top.

 

[Mungo]

The centre one looks great!

 

[Morkai]

The bottom one has the same depth of knurling as the new Olympic lifting bars we have in the gym, they tear your hands up when pulling heavy weight but I'm sure it'd be fine on a knife handle where no load is involved.

 

[Stuart Mitchell]

Sorry, missed these.

Looks interesting, How are you cutting it, or is that a secret?

I might suggest for a not so sharp feel maybe cut the course one but not so deep, then you will still have a flat/smooth top.

Not a secret, I'm not telling you yet though

I'm trying a few different LPI's and depths, mixing and matching in different sections of the scales could work too,.

The centre one looks great!

I think that is my preferred so far.

The bottom one has the same depth of knurling as the new Olympic lifting bars we have in the gym, they tear your hands up when pulling heavy weight but I'm sure it'd be fine on a knife handle where no load is involved.

It does feel quite coarse, I need to get some out in the fields to test.

 

[long_range_rob]

I did once see a pair of Hollands in a shop where the previous owner had sanded down the chequering themselves as “It was too sharp!”

 

[Stuart Mitchell]

So I went all arty farty with these photos in threw some water on to the knives, an attempt to show the advantages of stainless steels and Micarta, then realised that you couldn't see the textures so really the water defeated the whole object of the photos

 

[Stuart Mitchell]

L to R, fine, medium then coarse...

Then the three, indoor photo so not great, no water though.

 

[Stuart Mitchell]

Indoor photo so not the best, dry though and textures more visible as a result

 

[alberta boy]

Beautiful blades , I may have to buy one from you , if you ship overseas . I tend to favour the coarse pattern , but for reasons that probably aren't that relevant in the UK . I hunt in very cold conditions and your hands can freeze up fairly quickly with a loss of sensitivity , plus any moisture , like blood or snow , will freeze to the grip scales ..................... I'd use any of the three though lol .
Nice work brother .

AB

 

[Dazb1967]

They look good, I like. the shape of those blades

 

[Klenchblaize]

Would be appreciated on a large Camp/Bowie sized blade but just don’t see the desirability in the context of either a deerstalking or indeed Bushcraft/Utility knife.

Aesthetically you’ll either love or hate it IMHO.

At my reading these scales are sized and finished off the tang so rather than seek to achieve the all but impossible if not blending when attached to the knife, it is probably desirable to have them some 2mm in from the tang profile?

K

 

[Bigboab29]

Are these knives for sale @Stuart Mitchell?

 

[HonestJohn]

Your knives a great! You should take a booth in the knife section of IWA next year, you’ll likely get interest from buyers of decent sized chains, of which esp. the US chains would be big opportunities. I know a Scandi knife designer who does it, he makes a very very good living supplying custom knives to the US market

 

[Stuart Mitchell]

Beautiful blades , I may have to buy one from you , if you ship overseas . I tend to favour the coarse pattern , but for reasons that probably aren't that relevant in the UK . I hunt in very cold conditions and your hands can freeze up fairly quickly with a loss of sensitivity , plus any moisture , like blood or snow , will freeze to the grip scales ..................... I'd use any of the three though lol .
Nice work brother .

AB

Many thanks AB, I can definitely see the coarsest one working very well in those conditions, gloved hands too.

I do indeed ship overseas, regularly.

They look good, I like. the shape of those blades

That pattern of knife is my Secare, you can see a few on my website, here... Or there is a thread about them here...

Would be appreciated on a large Camp/Bowie sized blade but just don’t see the desirability in the context of either a deerstalking or indeed Bushcraft/Utility knife.

Aesthetically you’ll either love or hate it IMHO.

At my reading these scales are sized and finished off the tang so rather than seek to achieve the all but impossible if not blending when attached to the knife, it is probably desirable to have them some 2mm in from the tang profile?

K

They are indeed sized and finished off the tang, I call than an offset, the offset in this case is 0.5mm, it is there but you can't feel it in hand, I fear that a 2mm offset would be uncomfortable?

Are these knives for sale @Stuart Mitchell?

Yes, they will be, not quite just yet though. I am still fiddling with them, I'll more than likely Kydex them too.

Your knives a great! You should take a booth in the knife section of IWA next year, you’ll likely get interest from buyers of decent sized chains, of which esp. the US chains would be big opportunities. I know a Scandi knife designer who does it, he makes a very very good living supplying custom knives to the US market

Thank you, I might just do that.

 

[Stuart Mitchell]

Dry again...

Single knife is the medium texture, which I suspect for general use will be the one...

 

[Stuart Mitchell]

And another, day/date corrected...

 

[Dazb1967]

Absolutely stunning, I'm trying to think of a reason why I need another knife

 

[Mungo]

Absolutely stunning, I'm trying to think of a reason why I need another knife

I think they are a reason in themselves…

 

[Stuart Mitchell]

Had to try one in Cerakote…