Concerning Micarta Grip

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van Christie

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I am strongly considering to buy a Mcusta with white micarta grip. The problem with "white" is that the color fades to a dirty yellow pretty fast.
Will this also happen with micarta? Apropo micarta, is it really that "cheap looking"? I don't have any knives with micarta in my collection.

Regards, vC
 
I bought some white micarta about 2 years ago as well as some cream colored micarta and neither one has faded or changed color but they are sitting in my basement waiting for knives to be put on them
 
Well, that might be a good sign since time alone already changes color.
But I was thinking along the line of "daily edc", ergo lots of sweating, dirt, oil (from the hand) etc, which surely has a great impact.

What about white/cream G10? Not much difference right?

Regards, vC
 
I have a Mauser integral drop point hunter that has field dressed and skinned one deer, been carried for a couple of years, and has lived in the closet since. It has white micarta that as far as I can see has not changed color or stained at all.
 
Personally, after Desert Ironwood, Green Canvas Micarta is one of my favorite knife scale materials. From what I understand, modern micarta should not yellow. Antique micarta used to age to a fine yellow-ish ivory color, but I believe that had to do with the resin used to bind the material. I believe that modern micarta has a different composition (same materials, just different chemicals) and resists fading. Could be wrong, but I believe that's what I've heard.

-Anthony
 
Micarta is great stuff.

It can easily be cleaned with soapy water and a brush.

Does the knife have a paper, linen, or canvas micarta handle?

Paper micarta is the easiest to keep looking bright and new, but the other two don’t take much work.
 
I've used Corian and Micarta for handles on Darryl Ralph kit knife folders and they both look great and take a very nice polish. A big plus with Corian and Micarta is that most everyday scratches can be removed with some 1500-2000 grit wet-dry sandpaper and then polished with a little flitz on a soft cloth. You can keep the handles looking new indefinitely with that method.
 
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