Photos Pictures of grippy handles

[Bill Siegle]

Epoxy soaked Japanese style wrap is pretty grippy

 

[coolbreezy37]

No Res-C??? Son, I am disappoint….
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[not so dull]

Horse stall mat. Grippy dry or wet.
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This handle even looks grippy!

 

[JJ_Colt45]

TeroTuff.


Unbuffed burlap micarta provides a pretty good grip.


I really like sculpted micarta for grip.



Sculpted G10 ...

 

[mitchnola]

Any and all Emersons!

 

[scdub]

VZ scales have the most grip of any handle I’ve ever handled
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That looks great stripped!!

Did the coating come off without sanding?

I’ll have to do that to mine and will look into those scales as well.

 

[RayseM]

A Camillus and an L66 that I rehandled with a stacked material called SURETOUCH. It's G-10 with layers of rubber between.
As soft and grippy as a good birchbark handle.

 

[Crag the Brewer]

Terotuff..... One of the earliest knives I made M2 steel, Crazy Hard. It was made specifically with a longer guard area of the handle to keep the hand away. This is a late 50 year old trapper's knife, for gutting and skinning Coons. The guy kills Many Hundreds.... Of Everything..... Often.
He did not want to get cut covered in coon blood. Said it's the Best knife he ever used.

 

[Xr6x]

That looks great stripped!!

Did the coating come off without sanding?

I’ll have to do that to mine and will look into those scales as well.

Thanks
Yes, I used paint remover being careful to not get any on the coating under the scales. I played with mustard for patina.
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Got tired of the rough machine lines. Ended up spending hours sanding the machine lines off.

I would not recommend taking on the task of removing the grind lines. It’s a lot of work
Be happy with mustard patina and grind lines
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[not so dull]

G10 is already grippy, but adding two grooves for the index and middle fingers makes it even more slip-resistant!

 

[RokJok]

This handle (Cold Steel Barong Machete) is not particularly grippy. I wrapped it in electrical tape and roughened it up a little with sandpaper. The butt is quite grippy though: the hook at the end makes it virtually impossible for you to release the knife accidentally while you are chopping.

Possible alternatives to electrical tape: hockey tape (a woven fiber tape sorta like coach's athletic tape) or tennis racket grip tape (very thin foam covered with fake leather).

And a concurring shout-out to Res-C from Busse/SwampRat/Scrapyard on the SYKCo WD5 and SureTouch on the David Mary Badger Scout.

 

[Bill Siegle]

 

[not so dull]

Aluminum

 

[scdub]

Different type of grippy:

 

[not so dull]

Yeah, a different type of grippy! the second one is illegal where I live because of the knuckles.

 

[Scuttlery]

This particular set of micarta scales (don't know who made them) - but don't believe they are the standard "Micarta® Becker Handle Set":

 

[not so dull]

It's more tacky than grippy. It's hard not to love Mora

 

[not so dull]

The Kraton handle is gippy per se, plus the subhilt for extra grip, plus the lanyard for added control.

 

[not so dull]

Different type of grippy:
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[Ebbtide]

Old school grippy….