Inlay material suggestions

[Bsafe]

I'm making a custom knife with black titanium scales and I'm cutting out a small design on the top scale and inlaying a material, either flush or slightly recessed. I want the material to be different from what you would normally see. I was thinking Gibeon meteorite, but I'm looking for other ideas. All suggestions are welcomed!

 

[AVigil]

Fukang Meteorite

 

[Hengelo_77]

MOP

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

Gold

 

[A.McPherson]

Lead. Nobody uses lead anymore! Very unique!

 

[Britt_Askew]

What's the process for making titanium black? Would it stay black if you keep it in your pocket for a couple years?
as for the inlay - natural titanium

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

One advantage of gold is it shouldn't change in the process to make the titanium black.

 

[john april]

jade or tiger eye stone, star sapphire.

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

Stone is good, but harder to shape and polish without specialized equipment.

 

[Bsafe]

What's the process for making titanium black? Would it stay black if you keep it in your pocket for a couple years?
as for the inlay - natural titanium

I'm thinking of just using a torch and some WD-40, so it would probably rub off. The reason I mentioned having the inlay slightly recessed was because I figure that I could somehow support it from the inside of the scale so that I can remove it if I need to re-blacken the titanium.

 

[Bsafe]

Stone is good, but harder to shape and polish without specialized equipment.

I have very minimal equipment, so it probably would be very difficult for me.

 

[Britt_Askew]

Interesting. Thanks for the reply