All About Pocket Knives

OK, not exactly, but as close as I'm gonna get--this had a broken blue bone handle ands just generally gunked up. The bolsters were pretty dinged up as well, like it had been dropped on concrete repeatedly (maybe that's what did the handle in). The blades, however, are in pretty good shape--not new, but not oversharpened.

I cleaned 'er up and dressed 'er up with some pretty new handles. I also filed down the worst of the mess on the bolsters without taking too much material off, and used that new 15000 grit sandpaper I bought to get the polish back--I need to learn how to better capture that in the photo.

Looks great! What's that handle material, and where did you get it?

glennbad wrote: ↑Sat Feb 11, 2023 11:04 pm Looks great! What's that handle material, and where did you get it?

It's what they call "Acrylester", which I purchased on ebay from seller "logstolumber0". I know what acrylic is, and I know what polyester is; this may be some kind of alloy of the two. I used to know a lot about plastics when I worked in the toy industry, but there's so much that has changed...

The thing I don't like so much is that these materials are usually available in 3/16" or even 1/4" thicknesses, so I have to spend a lot of time filing to get it to the proper thickness. And it will chip at the edges if you're too aggressive with your cutting.

Sweet!

Lookin' good!