Ghost Green Jade G-10 handles

In my photo the g-10 on the Bravo1 and Gunny sit on top of black liners and the Ritter Grip is on top of the black knife frame. The XM18 slab is on titanium. The North Star and two Grahams (obviously) have no liners at all. When Jon Graham was putting the tanto and kukri together whatever color liner he placed under the G-10 would just shine right through. So a white liner made the G-10 white and a black liner made the G-10 black. The only way he could keep that greenish hue to it was to go linerless, which I think makes it very, well, ghost-like.

Here's a photo he sent to me when he was experimenting with liners. All the knives below have the ghost green G-10 over various colored liners, except the second one from the top which is linerless and beadblasted:

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(photo by Graham Knives)

So I'm wondering, do other makers have this issue or was that particular batch of translucent G-10 just not green enough or too translucent?

Anyway, it's a fabulous color choice especially for a fixed blade. I'm loving them all!
 
Thanks Knivesandguns & FMAKNut. I appreciate the kind words.

Wow, Silkworm, that's some really interesting work you have there. I'm really intrigued by how different the scales look depending on the color of the liner. I don't think I've ever gotten a scale thin enough to allow that much light transfer. I'm definitely going to have to do some experimenting with that.

Thanks for sharing those pics and the info,

Taylor
 
misterjuiceman said:
I love the look of it, but I was always worried about it turning yellowish from the sweat from your hands. has this been an issue at all for you? or should it not be a worry
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I would imagine it's not an issue for G-10 or G-11. I thought the material is also chemically resistant.
 
I thought the milky-greenish tint of this material was G11? I bought a box full from a member here, and it'll be my go-to handle material for a while. Beautiful stuff.

~Chris
 
I had a Ghost Green Jade Bravo 1 from BRKT awhile back. Looked great.

GGJ looks different from G11. I was all set to have Phillip Dobson do a custom scale for my Emerson CQC-15 in G11 thinking it was gonna look like the GGJ on my Bravo 1.

Well, it doesnt. Its more yellowish-green and milky but still more opaque..if that makes sense. The GGJ is more translucent and greenish and looks much better, imo.
 
I have a "natural" ("ghost green") Graham stubby in G11. I wasn't sure about it at first, but I've grown to really like it.
 

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Here's the best photo of my Necker in Matte Ghost Green G10. I love it. Looks amazing on this knife. The matte version is great because you can put some oil on it and the texture really shows.

Now I'm gonna go carry it!
 
Sweet pic! You got me hooked, man! I'm contemplating the Bark River Fox Recurve in Ghost Green Jade within the next few weeks. Can't decide between black or blue liners yet.
 
I picked up some ghost green g-10 for my BRKT bravo necker. They happened to have a little cavity machined out inside so I filled it with glow paint. Looks identical to quattrokid's in the day light but at night with a charge from a flashlight......
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hoopster said:
I picked up some ghost green g-10 for my BRKT bravo necker. They happened to have a little cavity machined out inside so I filled it with glow paint. Looks identical to quattrokid's in the day light but at night with a charge from a flashlight......
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Dude that's f-ing brilliant! I wonder how well it would glow if I instead stuck a tritium gas capsule in it. Anyone experimented with this?
 
FMAKNut said:
Dude that's f-ing brilliant! I wonder how well it would glow if I instead stuck a tritium gas capsule in it. Anyone experimented with this?
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Not sure, I haven't had any tritium to play with. I'd say the oval space is around 1"x3/8"x1/4" but you could always dremel it out some if it isn't large enough.
 
FMAKNut said:
Dude that's f-ing brilliant! I wonder how well it would glow if I instead stuck a tritium gas capsule in it. Anyone experimented with this?
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Great minds must think alike. After thinking about adding glow in the dark powder to epoxy before gluing up the scales, I wondered if a tritium vial would illuminate the GGJ scales.

Actually worked on that today after I chimed in earlier. We've got some 3 x 23 mm tritium vials ordered and I milled a chamber in the tang of few of the blades I'm sending out for heat treat Monday, so I'll be able to give y'all some direct feedback with pictures in the next couple of weeks.

Stay tuned Ghost Green Jade fans,

Taylor
 
LifeBlade.net said:
Great minds must think alike. After thinking about adding glow in the dark powder to epoxy before gluing up the scales, I wondered if a tritium vial would illuminate the GGJ scales.

Actually worked on that today after I chimed in earlier. We've got some 3 x 23 mm tritium vials ordered and I milled a chamber in the tang of few of the blades I'm sending out for heat treat Monday, so I'll be able to give y'all some direct feedback with pictures in the next couple of weeks.

Stay tuned Ghost Green Jade fans,

Taylor
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I'd love to see some pics when it's done!!!
 
lambertiana said:
I like it. I have one, and I have seen several knives from Ray Laconico with it.
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Very nice! Spyderco Leaf Storm, right? I have to say it looks tons better in that pic than on the Spyderco website. Were the handles custom, or is that how it comes straight from Spyderco? I like Spyderco quite a bit, but their website doesn't make the knife very flattering if it's the same handle scale.
 
Silkworm, if you're obsessed with orange, you'd never know it from that picture:D I'm warming up to the ghost green, the stuff looks amazing.
 
FMAKNut said:
Very nice! Spyderco Leaf Storm, right? I have to say it looks tons better in that pic than on the Spyderco website. Were the handles custom, or is that how it comes straight from Spyderco? I like Spyderco quite a bit, but their website doesn't make the knife very flattering if it's the same handle scale.
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That is the factory scale. I don't know why Spyderco has that picture on their website, it is not very flattering. I didn't like it either, but then I saw pictures posted by others that showed the real color.
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LifeBlade.net said:
Hi Fellas,

You'll have to forgive the shameless self promotion, but I just finished a custom knife for a customer that requested natural/Ghost Jade G10 scales with white G10 liners.

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Now I'm hooked. I really like the luminous appearance it takes on in the right light. My amateur picture really doesn't do it justice. I think it would look really cool if you used a glow in the dark additive to the epoxy before you laid it up. Might try that next time.

BTW, if I remember correctly, G11 is rated for continuous service up to and including 300 F and is a wee bit stronger. Can't remember what the temp rating for G10, but I don't think there's much difference. Like 20 degrees maybe?
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Good Lord Man, that is made of pure uncut awesome!
 
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