RC I hope you don’t mind me posting this in your thread - if you do lemme know and I’ll delete it. 
I want to make some knife handles, I have made some before, many years ago that turned out well on a Damascus blank.
This is going to fit my rather good quality, but terrible looking stanley knife -
I am thinking of using these - has anyone else any experience of using them? Luminous Knife Handle Noctilucent Marbled Carbon Fiber Resin
I haven’t used this particular material but I’ve worked a lot with CF.
The dust from it is extremely dangerous for your lungs, so it’s best to work with it on a machine with exhauster and of course only while wearing a mask (and goggles and gloves). The only way to prevent this would be working at the tap with the water running. This is good for a final polish with MicroMesh for example.
When you do rough grinding, try not to overheat the material. The fibres are very good at storing heat but the epoxy with melt at the ground area.
Also don’t be surprised, the glowing material (strontium aluminate) with start to glow from any enery source, so it will glow when you grind it.
Rather funny effect when you see it the first time 
Nice work there, maybe I’ll rethink it though as the dust is worrying, I did already think that but now you confirmed it……
Also it’s a bit pricier than I thought, the price I saw was for 1 smaller scale lol!
Cool looking stuff though!
You might get more responses in a new thread, but I don't mind if you post in this one. 
I love Kershaw. I’ve carried a lot of them over the years, from back in the AUS-6 days to the current M390 Dividend. My main complaint is that they keep using 8Cr13Mov. Yeah, it’s better than the old AUS-6 or some of the lower XCrYMov steels in their ultra-budget line. The problem is that it isn’t good versus some other steels we see around the same price.
Chinese D2 is an obvious comparison, especially on Kubey, Ganzo, Petrified Fish, etc. Tangram knives use Acuto 440 in the $20 range. Acuto 440 holds a better edge and is much more stainless than 8Cr13Mov. The same is true of 9Cr18Mov when done well, which Civivi does in the $40 range. Ruike has some very affordable knives in 14C28N. There’s also 12C27. Because of all these choices, I haven’t bought an 8Cr13Mov Kershaw since the Fraxion.
I have my very first Kershaw coming, a China made orange 7100 Launch 1 in D2.
Bit naughty having an ao this side of the water, hopefully it’ll go through as I could do with it.
Arrived today, Kershaw Leek with an olive colored handle.
This is a great little folder. The open assist makes it OTF fast. Flawless construction, free of any blemishes. :+1:
The Leek is very nice, but kinda pricey for how smallish it is.
The good news is that there are tons of them on eBay, and if you have sniping software, you can set up some snipes and get one at a decent price, or at least that's what I did. 
Do we guys really need advice on how to take a leek? 
ever been to Walmart?
and probably my wife would chime in
Carried a Cryo for years until i lost it a few months back…bought a Dividend to replace the Cryo and LOVE it.
Really wish i could get my hands on the green Link that walmart carries, but for some reason they won’t let me place and order for it. Robot or human?
I just tried to order the knife, and Walmart said they won't ship to my zip code.
Yea, says same for me but my state (NC) definitely has no restrictions…maybe they are just out of stock or something.
No, it just let my order go through
Ugh!! I’m jealous :person_facepalming: lol…all the other knives on there let me add and go through checkout fine other than that one…no idea…
Here is my favorite knife I own
Kershaw Believer 2070!
This knife is really nice, and the clip is great as well.
It seems a little small after carrying the Oblivion, but I like it a lot.
I have learned that adjusting the pivot screws of knives can make them open up much better.
I will no longer ask sellers if the assisted-opening fires hard.
I'll just buy knives when the price is right and hope that if they don't open up very well that adjusting the pivot screw can be just what the doctor ordered.
(I wish I would have figured that out years ago.
I sold a bunch of knives that didn't fire hard, and I probably could have just adjusted the pivot screw instead.)
Adjusting the pivot and scale screws can also help center the blade (if that’s important to you).
I also polish bronze washers when I have the knife apart, especially for non-assisted knives. The washers are stamped (usually) and rounding out the slight burr and polishing the surface can improve action. I usually wet sand on 1000 grit sandpaper, then rub it around on a stropping block with chromium oxide to get a mirror finish.
Thanks for the info!
I've never had a knife so off-center that it bothered me, so I am guessing that centering the blade is not a top priority for me.
personal favorite, special edition mini griptilian:
my only Kershaw, since I gave away my Skyline:
Mnandi clone
