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Oh, we need a narwhale etch on the blade
So narwhal blade etch, and unicorn ivory covers - because they are an underwater unicorn!
The 2013 forum knife was ivory micarta.I wonder how covers made from ivory colored micarta would look? Minus the glitter of course.
I don't think it's been officially ruled out, but Mr. Barry has expressed that his top 2 choices are Hedge Post, I mean, Osage orange and Smooth Autumn Gold bone.So have we definitely ruled out micarta as an option?
i dont know what exactly you mean with ''in some way stabilized before use''
my guess is, that only some are stabilized (and described as stabilized) but most are not.
for example the
Northfield Un-X-LD - #86 Oil Field Jack - Stabilized Smooth White Bone
Mean that I don't understand what the process-if any- stabilization entails. Obviously, all bone is treated and cured in some way prior to use , you don't use it with the flesh & ligaments hanging off GEC at one time used Primitive Bone which was allegedly century old bovine material that had been exhumed from an abattoir's boneyard. Presumably, it was dried and cleaned, that might be all that stabilization is? Stag has certainly been treated, cured, torched, 'stabilized' and that still gets green with brass, as does CASE's Amber Bone.
Ah too bad.I don't think it's been officially ruled out, but Mr. Barry has expressed that his top 2 choices are Hedge Post, I mean, Osage orange and Smooth Autumn Gold bone.
Micarta is just dirty old rags mixed with horse glue.
Micarta is just dirty old rags mixed with horse glue.
I wonder if it’s not stabilized in a similar way to wood burl. On that case, resin is injected under high temperature and pressure into the material to fill any voids or pores.