micarta colors

[shigawire4sure]

Im curious about the differances between the black and green micartas.The only knife i have right now with micarta is a Ranger RD-6 with black micarta.It appears to be more green than black though.Is this the case with Busses? From the pics I have seen it is hard to tell.Can anyone post better pics of the differance.Is the green simply the black with a little more green to it?Appreciate any help you guys can provide.Thanx.

 

[yoda4561]

Not entirely sure why this is, perhaps it's the canvas making it appear greenish when dry. Get the black wet though and it's very black, likewise a green micarta that appears tan when dry often turns a deep shade of green when wet.

 

[1kimo4u]

apply some mineral oil and color will come out.

 

[rbmcmjr]

The old black canvas micarta tended to look green when clean and dry. The more recent stuff is simply black. As an example, here is my old NO-e with black canvas and my most recent black canvas handled SFNO Variant:

Lighting accounts for some of the difference, but not all.

Rick

 

[shigawire4sure]

Thanx alot man. I actually like the color of the NO-E more. So the ASH-1 black micarta coming from Busse soon will look like the SFNO you have there?

 

[rbmcmjr]

Thanx alot man. I actually like the color of the NO-E more. So the ASH-1 black micarta coming from Busse soon will look like the SFNO you have there?

That is a reasonable inference, and one I am making, but only Jerry et al can tell us for sure. I certainly haven't seen this greenish hue recently.

Rick