G10 liner thickness

jdm61

jdm61

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I am thinking about doing a set of western handled AEB-L kitchen knives, 275mm suji, 250mm gyuto, 180mm petty, 120mm petty-parer so far with maybe a 145mm western ground honesuki. I want call them the "black and blue" series and use African blackwood with a single layer royal blue G10 liner. I have no idea what thickness to of liner to use. What do you guys use in full tang knives?
 
I like 0.02-3", but I often just use them as backing for inlays. That thickness just gives a nice small accent of the color.
 
Here is a western handled gyuto I just finished up. I used ruby red g10 at .060, just to give you an idea...rubyg10.jpg
 
I think a 1/16th thick black looks good with a thinner .014 or .030 thick piece of colored g10 and then the wood scales.
 
If I'm going single layer I'll use 0.03" on smaller knives and 0.06" on larger knives. I more often use color as a "pinstripe" middle layer and use 0.03" for that.
 
I personally use almost exclusively 1/16" for liners.
Occasionally I will bump it up to 3/32" if I'm wanting more color or to bulk up the handle slightly.

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That is 1/16" Toxic liners under Drunken Coffee Bag with a 3/32" Black spacer finishing off the tang.
 
I like .030 to .060. If I need thicker I just stack them.
 
Thank's guys. I have kind of narrowed it down to .036 and .060.
 
I actually had a number of pieces of .030 and .060 vulcanized fiber that Tracey threw in the box whenever I ordered expensive belts, so I measured and eyeballed them. .060 looks like the solution for what I am trying to do.
 
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