cedarghost Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Anyone know what these scales are made of? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMS3900 Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Without a better picture it looks like epoxy impregnated wire mesh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cedarghost Posted June 19, 2017 Author Share Posted June 19, 2017 It's definitely colored epoxy. Not sure what the mesh is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMS3900 Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 does it look like twisted wire between the honeycomb pattern? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cedarghost Posted June 19, 2017 Author Share Posted June 19, 2017 It does look like chicken wire. At least that's what we call it here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMS3900 Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Same here, wonder if its stainless chicken wire People take epoxy and make knife scales out of a lot of funny things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cedarghost Posted June 19, 2017 Author Share Posted June 19, 2017 These look really cool. I'd like to figure out what's in them and make some. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAG Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Stretched hardware cloth could make an interesting pattern. SLAG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranchmanben Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 It's called c tek. Most of it that I've seen was a more unform honeycomb though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMS3900 Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 That looks like some home made C-tek, the normal C-tek has the matrix extending through the thickness This looks like chickenwire, you can barely make out the twists between the sections. @cedarghost where did you find those at? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Looks like a painting of chicken wire to me. Actual chicken wire would deform a little differently then the areas depicted as deformed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cedarghost Posted June 19, 2017 Author Share Posted June 19, 2017 Thanks guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdriack Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 It looks like homemade "C-tek" made from damaged aluminum honeycomb to me. There is usually a lot of the honeycomb on ebay - I've been tempted to try making some homemade scales - right after I finish up the other 62 projects I'm doing first ... lol While we are on the topic - has anyone ever used C-tek matrix scales on a knife? Here's a link to one source I saw online --- I like the random look of it. http://www.compositecraftinc.com/C-Tek-Matrix.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cedarghost Posted June 20, 2017 Author Share Posted June 20, 2017 44 minutes ago, tdriack said: It looks like homemade "C-tek" made from damaged aluminum honeycomb to me. There is usually a lot of the honeycomb on ebay - I've been tempted to try making some homemade scales - right after I finish up the other 62 projects I'm doing first ... lol While we are on the topic - has anyone ever used C-tek matrix scales on a knife? Here's a link to one source I saw online --- I like the random look of it. http://www.compositecraftinc.com/C-Tek-Matrix.html Thanks for the info. I am definitely going to look into it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.