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Super Ultra rare vintage antique ripe banana micarta

Josh Rider

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This is some beautiful, vintage “ripe banana” micarta.
This stuff is very old according to the older fella I purchased it from (who used some of it as a workbench topper and the rest sitting up against the wall in his barn for years).
He told me he had owned it for many years and before that it sat on a shelf in a warehouse at his former place of work for decades.
It has a darker color on the outside than on the inside.
I’m only letting a small amount of this go so once it’s gone, it’s gone.

Here are some pics of what it looks like on a magnificent razor created by Matthew Gregory.

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It looks a little brighter before finishing.

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Slabs are 1/4”
3”x5” $50
9”x5” $135
9”x10” $235

+ $10 shipping

I also have some natural canvas from the same guy. He said it was from the same timeframe. It mics at .275
It’s not as pretty as the ripe banana, but still good old stuff.

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3”x5” $25
9”x5” $65
9”x10” $110

+ $10 shipping

Will also take payment in DHIII W2, Nathan Carother’s disc sanders, and wood from Noah’s ark.
 
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If I am not mistaken , that use to be used as dividers in high voltage electrical panels . Years ago I got some out of a 480 volt panel we stripped where I worked . Could be wrong though .
Nice looking stuff Josh
 
Got your payment John, I’ll ship these out tomorrow.
Thank you
 
This is great stuff guys, I swindled Josh out of a bit of this myself a while back. Better get some!
 
This is great stuff guys, I swindled Josh out of a bit of this myself a while back. Better get some!
Javan, I still haven’t used the rag micarta I got from you. Now THAT is some cool stuff. I’m almost afraid to use it for fear of making a mistake. :eek:
 
I take one of the large "ripe banana" pieces if you have still available?

thanks
-j
 
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