Here's what the knife looked like from the maker.
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A while back I picked up a Case Ridgeback (IIRC from Knideahollic) but I didn't really care for the handles. Then someone posted a knife with c-tek scales and well, the rest is history.
Here's what the knife looked like from the maker. And here it is with new c-tek scales.
Here's what the knife looked like from the maker. And here it is with new c-tek scales.
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What is c-tek Ken?
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It's an extruded aluminum honey comb material filled with resin.gsmith7158 wrote:What is c-tek Ken?
https://usaknifemaker.com/shop-categori ... c-tek.html
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Superb improvement in the knife.
Congratulations!
Bob
Congratulations!
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Very cool looking material!
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Very cool and a heck of an improvement on the knife's look...
scales look really close to a "Snakeskin" to me...
if they had a brow/tan color available with the gold lines
pattern like your knife,, whoa,,it could almost pass at glance
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scales look really close to a "Snakeskin" to me...
if they had a brow/tan color available with the gold lines
pattern like your knife,, whoa,,it could almost pass at glance
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Kool!! 
Nicely done Ken.. 
I find that material grippy!!! 
John 
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Seems like I have seen that material on a production knife before it is quite pleasing. Does some one use that on a regular run knife?
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Big improvement Ken! I like those scales.
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That is a great transformation Ken. That C-Tek is amazing handle material. Good choice and well done my friend.
Tony.
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I don't know. I've only seen it once before on this knife-gsmith7158 wrote:Seems like I have seen that material on a production knife before it is quite pleasing. Does some one use that on a regular run knife?
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=18774&start=17700#p673688
-but I'll wager that you start seeing it more often in the future.
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Bark River Knives offers C-Tek handles in a variety of color options for many of their fixed blade knives.gsmith7158 wrote:Seems like I have seen that material on a production knife before it is quite pleasing. Does some one use that on a regular run knife?
https://www.google.com/search?q=Bark+Ri ... 9zLh-tnG9M:
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Good work Ken. Really like the handle material.
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Dressed that lady up!!
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Ken did you do the rehandle work yourself ? It does look good. Love the orange for a hunting knife.
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Yup! did it all myself!philco wrote:Ken did you do the rehandle work yourself ? It does look good. Love the orange for a hunting knife.
And every fixed blade needs a sheath so today I made this one.
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Nice sheath ya made there Ken!!! John
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