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Many say it blows away Carboquartz, but that's not the main advantage - two advantages, actually - 1. Its a fraction of the cost of Carboquartz, and 2. is made here in America, not Europe.
But that's not why top knifemakers use it. They use it because its looks so freakin cool.
Its the first CF composite that actually harnesses the inherent chatoyance (reflective "flash" of fibers) of carbon fiber, where I press the CF between molds at over fifteen thousand lbs per sq ft of pressure, then the waves from the molds show through the CCF after machining flat.
Molds are based on top grade wood figure like Quilt, Curly, and Wide Ribbon Flame figure.
These are shots of master panels prior to being cut into knife scales or 1911 grips:
Then once machined into scales, they take on an entirely different "wood grain" effect while reflecting the 3D flash of figure:
Since I manually layup the CF, I am able to interleaf metal foils or metallic pigment layers for insane visual effect:
Then there is my original product line of dichroic laminated resin stock that is optically identical to the gemstone Opal. It is approved for use as inlay stock, but is under physical testing at this time before being approved for knifescales (because many glue it to steel tangs, and there is a CTE difference):
Red Burl Dichrolam:
But that's not why top knifemakers use it. They use it because its looks so freakin cool.
Its the first CF composite that actually harnesses the inherent chatoyance (reflective "flash" of fibers) of carbon fiber, where I press the CF between molds at over fifteen thousand lbs per sq ft of pressure, then the waves from the molds show through the CCF after machining flat.
Molds are based on top grade wood figure like Quilt, Curly, and Wide Ribbon Flame figure.
These are shots of master panels prior to being cut into knife scales or 1911 grips:
Then once machined into scales, they take on an entirely different "wood grain" effect while reflecting the 3D flash of figure:
Since I manually layup the CF, I am able to interleaf metal foils or metallic pigment layers for insane visual effect:
Then there is my original product line of dichroic laminated resin stock that is optically identical to the gemstone Opal. It is approved for use as inlay stock, but is under physical testing at this time before being approved for knifescales (because many glue it to steel tangs, and there is a CTE difference):
Red Burl Dichrolam:
