Liner color choice

[jdm61]

Recently, I have done my first full tang blades with G10 liners. I have used .060 royal blue with dark materials like blackwood, rosewood, stabilized amboyna and black micarta. I have acquired some .060 bright green and red G10 and want to do a sujihiki with stabilized big leaf maple burl whic is obviously a lot lighter than what I have been using. What do you guys think would look better, green or red?

 

[Kevin McGovern]

Red doesn't stay nice and bright as a liner in g-10 in my experience. It's red, but more of a maroon/ ruby red. I like the neon green myself and use that, blaze orange, white and blue the most.

 

[Willie71]

Recently, I have done my first full tang blades with G10 liners. I have used .060 royal blue with dark materials like blackwood, rosewood, stabilized amboyna and black micarta. I have acquired some .060 bright green and red G10 and want to do a sujihiki with stabilized big leaf maple burl whic is obviously a lot lighter than what I have been using. What do you guys think would look better, green or red?

Most of my liners are red, unless I’m using a reddish wood like mahogany, padauk, or cocobolo. Then I use black/white. The fibre red looks better than g-10 red as a liner. I’ve done a few in blue lately, at customer requests, not my choice. I’m not a big fan of blue, so I’m biased.

Green is my favorite color, but I never get requests for green.

 

[jdm61]

Blue liners with blackwood have been a bit of a hit. I am hesitant to use fiber on a kitchen knife. I have small pile of the stuff because one of my suppliers would throw in free pieces with my big belt orders. I have a block of cocobolo that will be getting blue liners and/or spacers when I chop it up.

Most of my liners are red, unless I’m using a reddish wood like mahogany, padauk, or cocobolo. Then I use black/white. The fibre red looks better than t-10 red as a liner. I’ve done a few in blue lately, at customer requests, not my choice. I’m not a big fan of blue, so I’m biased.

Green is my favorite color, but I never get requests for green.

 

[Willie71]

Blue liners with blackwood have been a bit of a hit. I am hesitant to use fiber on a kitchen knife. I have small pile of the stuff because one of my suppliers would throw in free pieces with my big belt orders. I have a block of cocobolo that will be getting blue liners and/or spacers when I chop it up.

I haven’t had a problem yet with fibre, and that includes a knife that went through the dishwasher. Not saying it can’t happen, but so far so good. From what I understand, there are differing qualities. I get mine from knifemaker.ca, and I can say it’s good quality. I’ve clamped it to scales, run it through the vacuum chamber with cactus juice, and it bonds to the scales very well.

 

[Kevin McGovern]

blue with paduak

 

[kuraki]

I default to blue, black, red and white (or combinations of) on natural handles and a fair amount of blaze orange under G10 or CF. For whatever reason blaze under wood doesn't strike my fancy. Maybe walnut.

 

[milkbaby]

The default red G10 (ruby red?) looks like garbage to me when finished, way too dark. Supposedly somebody had some brighter red G10 made up which actually looks vibrant like vulcanized fiber red, but I don't remember who sells it.

 

[Matt Rochester]

Of your 2 choices I would go with green. I’ve used it on curly maple and natural canvas micarta which are similar in color and it looked sweet. I really like white or orange though. The white is a little aggravating to keep clean while finishing but is nice. Black is classy and usually a minimum for me on kitchen knives. Orange liners on cocobolo are my favorite combination. I do prefer the .030” over the .060”. I cant find the pics of the maple but here is the orange, white, and toxic green finished.

 

[Kevin Cross]

I agree that the G-10 red is not as bright as I desire. I have used the bright orange G-10with Koa and it really popped.

 

[kuraki]

Red g10 can pop you just gotta get the opaque stuff maker material supply sells.

 

[E.Carlson]

Here is some green (and brown) with maple.

 

[Stromberg Knives]

Red g10 can pop you just gotta get the opaque stuff maker material supply sells.

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I agree, here is one of mine with red G10 liners.

 

[knoxknives]

I'm relatively new to knife making (about 14 knives under my belt so far), but I like to use red and black paper-based liners. However, just learned a valuable lesson - if you use any handle material that is translucent, e.g. sheep's horn, know the liner material directly underneath will effect the overall color. So choose your liners wisely in this case.

This was my first knife that I ever forged, just this week. This is my first try at sheep's horn, and used red and black liners. ;-)

 

[Horsewright]

Not a big fan of the red g10. Have had it go very dark on me and the customer sent the knife back saying he wanted red spacers not black. It was red but ya had to hold it just right in the light.

I've used fiber spacers and or liners on many, many, many knives including kitchen knives. I've not had a problem.

Nice knife K knoxknives knives. Ya stole my thunder. Been doing that for years. They sell very well for me.

Black will maintain the natural color of the sheephorn.

Green seems to come through the most.

Blue can be hit or miss. Sometimes no color shift or just a hint. Sometimes bam!

Ya know what red does.

The color is not for everyone though. That first green one was in my last batch of in stock knives on my website. Had two different, very good customers, call on it. Both of these guys have in excess of thirty of my knives. Both passed on this one. Too green.

 

[knoxknives]

Thanks for the compliment Dave, but WOW those are beautiful! I will definitely try black next time on the outside.

 

[Horsewright]

Thanks.