I apologize if this is the wrong sub-forum but it seemed as though it was the best fit in my eyes. Anyway, I had this idea. We're all knife makers who obviously love making knives, exploring new things, and making things look pretty, so why not work together and brainstorm and share some extraordinary ideas that we have with each other to further advance the craft of knife making or just to be a little adventurous? Being the typical bored 17 year old in highschool I get to thinking of some pretty erm... "interesting" ideas for various handle materials (Personally I'm a major fan of quality woods and anything unique). Now you may wonder, why not just try these ideas and see if they work out? Well being only 17 I don't have to funds to try every one of my 12 dozen ideas I come across through the course of a week so I figured, why not make a thread where people like me can share their ideas and brainstorm together to see if they're even possible and maybe even see some of the more courageous members try them out
:thumbup: Enough of the ranting that probably didn't make sense anyway. Heres my first two ideas!
Many of you may have seen ziozeb's beautiful work on his black and gold dagger in the custom knives forums (http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1311800-Black-gold-dagger). Members began discussing different materials that could be encased in resin like the gold leaf, steel foil, etc. I too began to speculate; What about leaves? I figure you could create the best and most unique "Camo" effect ever seen with these leaves and Resin. Opinions?:thumbup:
My second idea is along the lines of homemade micarta; but not quite. Micarta is made by the layering of resin soaked paper, fabric, or many other materials. However I got to thinking, a quality plane makes thin wood shavings, would it be possible to layer these shavings (possibly different woods too) and make a mean looking natural micarta. Combining the benefits of micarta and the traditional wood for us wood lovers. Opinions?:thumbup:

Many of you may have seen ziozeb's beautiful work on his black and gold dagger in the custom knives forums (http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1311800-Black-gold-dagger). Members began discussing different materials that could be encased in resin like the gold leaf, steel foil, etc. I too began to speculate; What about leaves? I figure you could create the best and most unique "Camo" effect ever seen with these leaves and Resin. Opinions?:thumbup:
My second idea is along the lines of homemade micarta; but not quite. Micarta is made by the layering of resin soaked paper, fabric, or many other materials. However I got to thinking, a quality plane makes thin wood shavings, would it be possible to layer these shavings (possibly different woods too) and make a mean looking natural micarta. Combining the benefits of micarta and the traditional wood for us wood lovers. Opinions?:thumbup: