What about a Micarta Monday? Traditional knives only, please!
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Will Power
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Had a very pleasant week-end 
These two qualify to Start the Week. Let's hope work goes pleasantly for a change...
These two qualify to Start the Week. Let's hope work goes pleasantly for a change...
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Micarta... my newest favorite handle material 
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That looks like it would make a good "hard use" knife.
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Monday AGAIN?? At least there's Micarta...
At least there's Micarta...
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UUUUMMMMMM Micarta
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AG Russell bowie shipped down from AK to make a sheath and saddle horn carry system for:
Funny micarta story. Long time ago there use to be a guy around here (he passed away a few years back) that made some pretty good homemade mycarta. I'd get him a bunch of old jeans and he'd make me a lot of denim mycarta which I would call Wranglercarta. As you can imagine in my cowboy world that was a pretty good selling handle material. One time just before Thanksgiving he calls and says: Hey don't use that last batch I just made you. I used the wrong resin and its no good, junk it. So its Thanksgiving day. One of my brothers and his family is up and while the girls are cooking, my brother and I decide to go out to the ranch, kill some time and see if mycarta is a s bullet proof as they say it is:
We found out it isn't! However, did learn that a 3/8" slab will stop a .22 nor did the birdshot penetrate. Everything else did. Course, and here's the funny part, the mycarta maker calls the next day and says: Hey mix up here in the shop. I did give you the good batch, I've got the bad batch, go ahead and use the batch you've got. Too late, done shot it all up.
Funny micarta story. Long time ago there use to be a guy around here (he passed away a few years back) that made some pretty good homemade mycarta. I'd get him a bunch of old jeans and he'd make me a lot of denim mycarta which I would call Wranglercarta. As you can imagine in my cowboy world that was a pretty good selling handle material. One time just before Thanksgiving he calls and says: Hey don't use that last batch I just made you. I used the wrong resin and its no good, junk it. So its Thanksgiving day. One of my brothers and his family is up and while the girls are cooking, my brother and I decide to go out to the ranch, kill some time and see if mycarta is a s bullet proof as they say it is:
We found out it isn't! However, did learn that a 3/8" slab will stop a .22 nor did the birdshot penetrate. Everything else did. Course, and here's the funny part, the mycarta maker calls the next day and says: Hey mix up here in the shop. I did give you the good batch, I've got the bad batch, go ahead and use the batch you've got. Too late, done shot it all up.