Thread: Anyone one ever work with Kirinite?

I just went and got mine out of the drawer and it is warped. No big deal because I know very little heat and then cool and it will be flat again. This is why I am not so sure it would be best for razors. The only place that sells it is a knife supply and pinned against a blade I don't see how it could move. Straight razor is a different animal all together. As for the color. The base material is somewhat transparent and what is mixed in has depth and is more opaque. Any type of plastic will look different when polished from the sanded stage or in this case the way the material comes. I would call the new surface somewhat ruff with a texture left from the process of making it. Polishing will bring out the colors more and the transparency will give it depth once it is smooth like glass. I been using clear acrylics and the same is true there. Sanded = dull and less color. Polished = WOW what a difference. :<0)

Originally Posted by 10Pups

I just went and got mine out of the drawer and it is warped. No big deal because I know very little heat and then cool and it will be flat again. This is why I am not so sure it would be best for razors. The only place that sells it is a knife supply and pinned against a blade I don't see how it could move. Straight razor is a different animal all together. As for the color. The base material is somewhat transparent and what is mixed in has depth and is more opaque. Any type of plastic will look different when polished from the sanded stage or in this case the way the material comes. I would call the new surface somewhat ruff with a texture left from the process of making it. Polishing will bring out the colors more and the transparency will give it depth once it is smooth like glass. I been using clear acrylics and the same is true there. Sanded = dull and less color. Polished = WOW what a difference. :<0)

hmm. That Val guy seems to love using it looks neat at least. The different colours of MOP look good.

It may work just fine. And the look is why I bought it in the first place :<0) I just haven't tested it on a razor for the reasons I said.

Let us know how it goes when you make some scales! I'm digging the green MOP...the black MOP looks neat too.

I worked with te kirinite I bought and made a pair of scales of it, the material is easy to work with and as pops said polishes to an incredible finish.

I never did use the scales I made as the were short since I was cheap and bought the 5" blank as opposed to going all in on a sheet, seeing as at the time no one on the forum used the stuff. After playing with it I realize it would benefit from a thin .1" g10 liner

I plan or picking more of it up soon and doing something great with it.

Only thing I noticed is the temp it softens. ~200 degrees F. No boiling sterilizing for it. A common material with those characteristics is a Urethane.
~Richard

Even when cool it has that pulled taffy feel to it. I have a 6x10 sheet (or whatever) and I can easily bend it. Dang now I got to fix my sweet tooth.