Whats your latest knife purchase?

[ScottsBad]

Oh yeah, that's a nice blade. The Green and black G10 looks great.

They have the Wardens out right now. That's an interesting little knife with the same thickness.

If they'd made this puppy in INFI I would have bought about four or five. Too bad.

[MongooseV8]

LT Wright makes some sharp spines I love mine.

[ScottsBad]

Got the Mega Ratweiler

That's a beautiful beast.

[ScottsBad]

Looking for some old pics of a RAT7... found this old series of posts.

You had it figured on the CS drop forged knives handles. They did just what you said on the Survivalist... drilled holes and added textured scales. They should do the same for the smaller one. I do think the skate tape improved mine though.

Hey, cool. I wish they'd done that a long time ago... I decided not to spend a bunch of time making scales for mine. So, here is what I did using 550 cord and Super Glue. I did it in red just for fun, but it really does make the grip usable.

BTW - 550 cord with super glue can make a permanent handle kind of like 550 cord micarta . I wrapped the handle in 550 cord and pushed the excess under the wrap on each side. Then I took a big bottle of super glue and put drops of glue along the wrap on the top and bottom and let dry. This leaves the cord in the palm swell soft, but the portion that wraps over the metal is solid.

This fills the hand better.

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Below - This was my first test with 550 and super glue. I removed the 7 white strands which just left the red cover. Then I carefully wrapped the knife blank handle with two layers of cord cover. I used Super Glue to hold the cord in place as I wrapped when needed.

After wrapping the entire handle I soaked all the cordage cover with glue and let it dry. It turned into a very very tough light weight handle that's like micarta.

It doesn't look good now because I wanted to test it to see if it could be sanded to make the cord fibers come out to give it a soft feel. That didn't work well, but if I were going to do it again, I would wrap another layer or two of cord, super glue it and then coat it with a couple coats of epoxy.

It just became a back up knife that goes in my truck tool roll. Its amazing how tough the handle is though. BTW - This is a 1095 blank from Self Reliance Outfitters.
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[crufflers]

BTW - 550 cord with super glue can make a permanent handle kind of like 550 cord micarta . I wrapped the handle in 550 cord and pushed the excess under the wrap on each side. Then I took a big bottle of super glue and put drops of glue along the wrap on the top and bottom and let dry. This leaves the cord in the palm swell soft, but the portion that wraps over the metal is solid.

Very cool. Hardening wrap handles makes them a lot tougher. You did a great job with the wrap.

All but one of my wrap handle knives came soaked in Marine Epoxy. Very grip-able and more permanent than bare wrap.

[Dave Hoback]

I prefer my own custom made knives. I was using CPM3V before any of big manufacturers. LOL. I love when someone finds out about it like
16 days ago, and think they stumbled on something new. lol! Or even funnier... when it get compared to Infi! HAHAHAHA! We knifemakers are not impressed with Infi. They aren’t even in the same ball park! I first learned of CPM3V in early 2012, & been using it almost exclusively for my knives, for 7 years! I will say Bark River started using it right about when I did. They got the idea from Dan Keffeler & Nathan Carother, same me. Those two were the pioneers with it!

Some of my custom designs, all in CPM3V.






We are getting 3V to 61HRC with virtually the same toughness now with the latest heat treat recipe. Major manufacturers still treat the old way to 59HRC. That way they skip the Cryogenic treatment immediately after hardening & triple temper.

[cgseanp1]

We are getting 3V to 61HRC with virtually the same toughness now with the latest heat treat recipe. Major manufacturers still treat the old way to 59HRC. That way they skip the Cryogenic treatment immediately after hardening & triple temper.

Do you sell your knives?


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[Dave Hoback]

I have, but I haven’t in some time. I don’t do this as a business. I can’t because I am disabled & it’s just too difficult for me to meat any kind deadline. Knifemaking is a passion for me. I mostly make them for people I know. I have several repeat knife buyers.

All of my knifemaking time is invested in making my frame lock folder design at this time.

[BigPimping]

Ontario Rat 2. Anniversary present from the Mrs. Just hit our 20th anniversary yesterday. It's a beefy little thing.

[crufflers]

Nice grinds, Dave. I like those handles too.

If you have any frame locks done, post some if you can.

[Dave Hoback]

Nice grinds, Dave. I like those handles too.

If you have any frame locks done, post some if you can.

Thank you my friend. The Carbon Fiber I make myself. The other is G10, which I also make, but not these scales in the pics.

Like I said, this is taking up all my knife focus know. So, technically this is my last knife purchase, lol. Frame lock folders are a whole new territory in knife making. I designed this on CADD. Also made the Carbon Fiber here.

[Dave Hoback]

Ontario Rat 2. Anniversary present from the Mrs. Just hit our 20th anniversary yesterday. It's a beefy little thing.

[Wade65]

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[cudakidd]

new toys but need to upgrade sheaths...pics are crappy and don't do them justice!

[ScottsBad]

Very cool. Hardening wrap handles makes them a lot tougher. You did a great job with the wrap.

All but one of my wrap handle knives came soaked in Marine Epoxy. Very grip-able and more permanent than bare wrap.

Yeah, I have marine epoxy as occasionally do project that require a gallon or so at a time . But what I thought was interesting is how well cyanoacrylate works with 550 cord if you want to make a tough wrap quickly.

You could actually construct or repair something with it.