Rifletuner Posted January 30 Report Share Posted January 30 So this is another version of the knife I made last year. I wanted to see what I could do with the profile. I bought a set of Chinesium handle scale material that is supposed to glow in the dark, so thought it might make a a handy knife for breaking down animals if you are taking a shot on twilight, or spotlighting, thermalling, whatever. It turned out okay, but its not nearly as visible in the dark as I had expected. The photo below is deceiving as it makes the handles look very visible, but to the naked eye it doesnt look anywhere near as visible.. Anyhow, the blade is NitroV with a full flat grind and tapered tang. The handles have a .5mm black G10 liner and Loveless bolts. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxdog Posted January 30 Report Share Posted January 30 I like the clean, simple and fairly basic design in a practical shape, should be nice to use. Nice work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
advpat Posted January 30 Report Share Posted January 30 Great work, very impressive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibbo 30.06 Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 Looks awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
308bever Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rifletuner Posted January 31 Author Report Share Posted January 31 Thanks guys. Appreciate all the comments 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave9.3x62 Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 Nice speartip kinda shape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gryphon Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 11 hours ago, Rifletuner said: that is supposed to glow in the dark, RT below is an excerpt from a tale of a stag I took many years ago. Geez I wished I had one like your handle as even a glimmer would have helped me find it. In bold below. I found my GR on a return trip the next morning. Quote: Knowing dark was imminent I took the obligatory photos although with the aid of a flash unit and then making up my mind to head skin and cape him out there and then under my "battery questionable " head lamp I got stuck into him. Then disaster! Placing my Green River skinning knife on the leafy carpet after an initial cut and prior to rolling the stag I simply couldn't find it after the roll over,frig it! EQ: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rifletuner Posted January 31 Author Report Share Posted January 31 12 hours ago, gryphon said: RT below is an excerpt from a tale of a stag I took many years ago. Geez I wished I had one like your handle as even a glimmer would have helped me find it. In bold below. I found my GR on a return trip the next morning. Quote: Knowing dark was imminent I took the obligatory photos although with the aid of a flash unit and then making up my mind to head skin and cape him out there and then under my "battery questionable " head lamp I got stuck into him. Then disaster! Placing my Green River skinning knife on the leafy carpet after an initial cut and prior to rolling the stag I simply couldn't find it after the roll over,frig it! EQ: Hey, thats it. Exactly the sort of thing I had in mind when I went looking for luminous handles 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncs Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 Great work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxdog Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 47 minutes ago, Rifletuner said: Hey, thats it. Exactly the sort of thing I had in mind when I went looking for luminous handles 👍 Rifletuner, you say you were a bit disappointed with the luminosity of the handle on that knife. Is it supposed to be luminous all the time, or is it only as luminous as the "charge" that is applied to it? Do you think there is too much happening with the other ingredients in the material? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
17dave Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 It's a ripper RT. How do I order one ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rifletuner Posted February 1 Author Report Share Posted February 1 23 hours ago, Foxdog said: Rifletuner, you say you were a bit disappointed with the luminosity of the handle on that knife. Is it supposed to be luminous all the time, or is it only as luminous as the "charge" that is applied to it? Its Chinesium and I dont really know what its supposed to do. I just bought it off the photo which made it look pretty bright in the dark, but it didnt turn out that way. For all I know its radioactive waste from a Chinese nuclear submarine encased in resin - but probably not since I expect that would glow better. 🤣🤣🤣 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samburstalker Posted February 4 Report Share Posted February 4 great idea, glow in the dark handle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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