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Mmmm, Chocolate!
- Thread starter Thomason
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aaand now I'm hungry, thanks a lot.
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I'd always like natural materials of all sorts, delrin, micarta for synthetics, but never really considered acrylics. It's not that I didn't like them, but never really considered them. Many of the ones I'd seen when first learning about traditionals looked like colourful vomit to me. But GEC does beautiful acrylics, and it's making me appreciate other makers acrylics as well. I need to get me some acrylics soon I think. That and a break from the ebony and black delrin I've been buying. Not that I aimed for an all black/gothic looking collection or anything
But ebony wood is classic and beautiful on traditionals, and I wanted the black delrin Bullnose a tad bit more than I wanted the orange. Although I still want an orange one
But now I feel the need for some colourful handle scales to brighten up the collection. But I could see a place for a chocolate one like that. GEC really knows how to make a non-vomit looking acrylic.
But ebony wood is classic and beautiful on traditionals, and I wanted the black delrin Bullnose a tad bit more than I wanted the orange. Although I still want an orange oneBut now I feel the need for some colourful handle scales to brighten up the collection. But I could see a place for a chocolate one like that. GEC really knows how to make a non-vomit looking acrylic.
I'd always like natural materials of all sorts, delrin, micarta for synthetics, but never really considered acrylics. It's not that I didn't like them, but never really considered them. Many of the ones I'd seen when first learning about traditionals looked like colourful vomit to me. But GEC does beautiful acrylics, and it's making me appreciate other makers acrylics as well. I need to get me some acrylics soon I think. That and a break from the ebony and black delrin I've been buying. Not that I aimed for an all black/gothic looking collection or anything
But now I feel the need for some colourful handle scales to brighten up the collection. But I could see a place for a chocolate one like that. GEC really knows how to make a non-vomit looking acrylic.
I avoided acrylics because I wrongfully associated them with the cheap plastic handled knives of my youth. Also, from the age of 12 to 36, the only knives I carried were Swiss Army knives, and so I took a break from the plastic handles as I got into other traditional patterns. But GECs acrylic is unlike any of those. It feels "warm" to the touch. Feels solid. I am curious to see how it looks when aged with use.
