Micarta and G10 knife scales How to

[spleify]

Alright G10. As I said earlier G10 is very similar to Micarta

This particular one is for another board member and I will let him chime in on his own if he wants to.

It really is the same process of finishing as the Micarta except G10 is a harder material and does have fiberglass mesh in it so you will get itchy when sanding and finishing it.

You will note at the top of the G10 material sheet that it says "Remove the first layer on the other side of the sheet to expose the coarse texture" this initially had me a little confused until I really started looking at it and working with it. There are essentially two different sides of the sheet with two different textures, then there is a VERY THIN shiny layer to help keep it all together. When they say "remove" you cant just peel it off it needs to be sanded off, which is easy.



Here is the knife we will be making new scales for











Ok, gotta take the knife apart. Its good to take pics of any project as you are dissembling it so you can refer to the pics for reassembly if you have questions about how it goes back together.











Alright lets get started

Scribe your lines with an awl

[Ah Pook]

This particular one is for another board member and I will let him chime in on his own if he wants to.





Here is the knife we will be making new scales for










Ok, gotta take the knife apart. Its good to take pics of any project as you are dissembling it so you can refer to the pics for reassembly if you have questions about how it goes back together.

Some forum members sure do have dirty knives.

Very nice work Spleify.