If you don't actually use your knives............Go ahead and oil your micarta. The fact the oil makes the micarta very slippery will make no difference to you.........Since you are not ever going to use your knife for anything but looking at it. The design of micarta is that it gets more grippy when wet. If you apply oil to the scales, they will not become more grippy when they get wet from water, sweat or blood. So if you want to ruin the functional working grip aspect of your micarta...........Go ahead and oil your micarta and slice your fingers off when they slip off the handle. To remove any oil from the scales....... you can wash them with Dawn dish soap and warm water using a soft bristle brush. Let them air dry overnight and then rub them with your dry hands. The slight amount of natural oils in your hand will bring the color back to the micarta without making them so dangerously slippery. I have gone so far as to apply a very slight amount (just a drop or two) of FOOD GRADE MINERAL OIL using a microfiber polymer towel. Apply only a drop or two of oil on your hand, then wipe your hands with the towel. That will disperse very little ( but enough to do the job) oil onto the towel. Wash and dry your hands. Now wipe the knife handle with the oiled towel. It will apply just enough oil to bring out the color of micarta without over oiling them so much as to cause grip slip.
Fuzzy wassy was a bear fuzzy wassy had no hair!!!!!! 😀love it Sean I do mine all the time and to be honest I wasn’t sure if I was harming it!!!!!! Cool good to know thanks bud!!!!
I had to wash a micarta handle that got mouldy. I had to use a bleach based mould killing spray, when I dried it , looked so pale I thought I’d ruined it 😳! While watching your video I’ve held it and worked it about in my hand nervously and in 9:17 minutes things are better. I’ll be trying mineral oil now. Thanks for the advice.
With the lionsteel micarta - it has a slightly finer weave, and it is finished to a higher grit and then buffed. No finish on them, but micarta goes glassy when polished up (treat it as resin if you want to give polishing a go, and take your time on each grit - you are trying to not only sand the resin part glossy but cut off the lifted fibers and fuzz sanding has raised from the fabric portion of the micarta)
I have a brand new tops jim brown tracker I've had for about 14 yrs I never used it it was too pretty ! The other I noticed the handles were jet black ! I mean black so I did alot of reading and compared it to my new tops knives which are bright grey! But claim to be black micarta after much reading and checking I did find the rements of the handles had some grey areas left near the blade I realized after yrs of cleaning my knife I would place then in a bag I keep them in and spray w d40 on them !!! That's when I realized how the micarta got black and it's really jet black! Looks great just I keep reading black micarta and seeing bright green ish grey! After much research the trick is oil!!! And it will turn jet black! Not polished but still I realy like it lol ture story
Nice, I used some food oil on one of my micarta scales. It made them look beautiful. I don’t know about mineral oil, but food safe kinda sinks in and I had to apply it three or four more times in two months.
I don't have a tops knife yet but I do have that type of micarta. My scales seem like they get tacky. I'm not sure if I'm over oiling or if I just need to clean them or what but I can't get a clear answer. On a side note I just oil my scales because it makes them more uniform and I have exposed tang handles so I do often oil the tang and it very hard to avoid getting oil on the micarta so I just do the scales to avoid the oil splotches.
@@theedcden5515 I love TOPS knife designs but they ruin their micarta handles and leather sheaths by applying TOO MUCH OIL to the sheath when it is shipped. If a TOPS knife ships with a leather sheath................. I will not but it from TOPS.
I got a Boker a few days back and the micarta that supposed to be dark green has a white surface that's rough. Should I sand this, or just use oil like in this video? The pictures of my knife show deep dark green and zero white surface. Mine came looking almost unfinished.
If you don't actually use your knives............Go ahead and oil your micarta. The fact the oil makes the micarta very slippery will make no difference to you.........Since you are not ever going to use your knife for anything but looking at it. The design of micarta is that it gets more grippy when wet. If you apply oil to the scales, they will not become more grippy when they get wet from water, sweat or blood. So if you want to ruin the functional working grip aspect of your micarta...........Go ahead and oil your micarta and slice your fingers off when they slip off the handle. To remove any oil from the scales....... you can wash them with Dawn dish soap and warm water using a soft bristle brush. Let them air dry overnight and then rub them with your dry hands. The slight amount of natural oils in your hand will bring the color back to the micarta without making them so dangerously slippery. I have gone so far as to apply a very slight amount (just a drop or two) of FOOD GRADE MINERAL OIL using a microfiber polymer towel. Apply only a drop or two of oil on your hand, then wipe your hands with the towel. That will disperse very little ( but enough to do the job) oil onto the towel. Wash and dry your hands. Now wipe the knife handle with the oiled towel. It will apply just enough oil to bring out the color of micarta without over oiling them so much as to cause grip slip.
I prefer the untreated handle.
YES! Get the oil off of micarta scales.
great looking knives and I really like the Norsemen very beastie
Thanks buddy 👍🤙
@@coltjoey6773 lmao that's to funny. the only form social media I have is TH-cam and I don't even like that most days.
Hi Sean!! You got two beauties there!! Man, that Crusader is awesome, it's just the perfect size, not too big, not too small, Goldi Locks approves :)
Detector!!!!!!!!!!!!!!😀
Lol thanks KD!
@@jerseyknifeguy6382 HI buddy!!
That looks great! I will have to do this to the micarta handles on my knife.
Fuzzy wassy was a bear fuzzy wassy had no hair!!!!!! 😀love it Sean I do mine all the time and to be honest I wasn’t sure if I was harming it!!!!!! Cool good to know thanks bud!!!!
LOL thanks Pete!!
Lol!! I miss my hair :(
Two really good looking knives. The oil trick is pretty cool definitely makes it pop. Great video 👍
Hey Jeremy, thanks my friend 👍🤙
That micarta was thirsty! Looks good.👍
Drank it right up! Thanks Michael 👍🤙
I had to wash a micarta handle that got mouldy. I had to use a bleach based mould killing spray, when I dried it , looked so pale I thought I’d ruined it 😳!
While watching your video I’ve held it and worked it about in my hand nervously and in 9:17 minutes things are better. I’ll be trying mineral oil now. Thanks for the advice.
The oil looks great BTW!!
Glad you approve buddy! 👍
With the lionsteel micarta - it has a slightly finer weave, and it is finished to a higher grit and then buffed. No finish on them, but micarta goes glassy when polished up (treat it as resin if you want to give polishing a go, and take your time on each grit - you are trying to not only sand the resin part glossy but cut off the lifted fibers and fuzz sanding has raised from the fabric portion of the micarta)
Hey Phil, thanks for the info!
You can find it in the cutting board section 2
I have a brand new tops jim brown tracker I've had for about 14 yrs I never used it it was too pretty !
The other I noticed the handles were jet black ! I mean black so I did alot of reading and compared it to my new tops knives which are bright grey!
But claim to be black micarta after much reading and checking I did find the rements of the handles had some grey areas left near the blade
I realized after yrs of cleaning my knife I would place then in a bag I keep them in and spray w d40 on them !!!
That's when I realized how the micarta got black and it's really jet black! Looks great just I keep reading black micarta and seeing bright green ish grey!
After much research the trick is oil!!! And it will turn jet black! Not polished but still I realy like it lol ture story
Hey there, thanks for the input here! Tops makes some great knives indeed. Thanks for watching 👍🤙
Tom brown?
I’ve been looking for a combat/utility knife to take on deployment… the Crusader has sparked my interest
I wanna buy crusader this good knife ?
I still have the crusader but I haven’t used it much. I do really like it though! 👍🤙
@@theedcden5515 i get one now , i use ulti clip slim 3.3 work realy good
Nice, I used some food oil on one of my micarta scales. It made them look beautiful. I don’t know about mineral oil, but food safe kinda sinks in and I had to apply it three or four more times in two months.
Cool thanks Gary. I might give this one another coat 👍
Food oil? as in Olive or Canola? You do realize that stuff goes rancid?
I prefer the non oiled version
Skip through this video to see the knife I made better I think? th-cam.com/video/ggd8b6I5a6I/w-d-xo.html
Wow that is a sweet looking knife! And ya the scales look great after some oil 👍🤙
@@theedcden5515 Thanks fun with oil and micarta. 🤟🏻
I don't have a tops knife yet but I do have that type of micarta. My scales seem like they get tacky. I'm not sure if I'm over oiling or if I just need to clean them or what but I can't get a clear answer. On a side note I just oil my scales because it makes them more uniform and I have exposed tang handles so I do often oil the tang and it very hard to avoid getting oil on the micarta so I just do the scales to avoid the oil splotches.
If they are tacky, they might need to be cleaned. Warm water and soap should do the trick. Once they dry you can apply an even coat of oil 👍🤙
Does the mineral oil make the handle more water resistant in the long term?
Love TOPS knives! I've used mineral oil for micarta on both fixed and folders. Thanks for video
Tops makes some great knives indeed! Thanks again for watching 👍🤙
@@theedcden5515 I love TOPS knife designs but they ruin their micarta handles and leather sheaths by applying TOO MUCH OIL to the sheath when it is shipped. If a TOPS knife ships with a leather sheath................. I will not but it from TOPS.
So true. The sheath for my wild pig hunter was very oily.
I got a Boker a few days back and the micarta that supposed to be dark green has a white surface that's rough. Should I sand this, or just use oil like in this video? The pictures of my knife show deep dark green and zero white surface. Mine came looking almost unfinished.
Have you tried danish oil or teak oil with micarta?
Sean (sp?) are you on Instagram? @lastranger1965