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Old Westinghouse Micarta, Help!!
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Cougar Allen
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It wasn't yellow. It was white and turned yellow with age like real Ivory does.
Some years ago(early 80's, IIRC) a bunch of knifemakers started getting on Westinhouse about this and wanting it to never turn yellow but stay white forever, and Westinghouse knowling that knifemakers make less than a pimple on their backside when it comes to buying power and were only producing the stuff for them to begin with, just discontinued it, completely!!
The only way you can find it now, is if some other knifemaker or such has some old stock in their shop and will sell you some.
Edited to add: Welcome to Bladeforums! Enjoy!
Some years ago(early 80's, IIRC) a bunch of knifemakers started getting on Westinhouse about this and wanting it to never turn yellow but stay white forever, and Westinghouse knowling that knifemakers make less than a pimple on their backside when it comes to buying power and were only producing the stuff for them to begin with, just discontinued it, completely!!
The only way you can find it now, is if some other knifemaker or such has some old stock in their shop and will sell you some.
Edited to add: Welcome to Bladeforums! Enjoy!
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Kye Lin
here is someone i know that does indeed have it http://www.jakeknife.com
just let him know what size your looking for and he can cut it for ya
here is someone i know that does indeed have it http://www.jakeknife.com
just let him know what size your looking for and he can cut it for ya
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If you want metal in mm's I guess you'll have to order it in Europe.
www.metaalwinkel.nl
They'll have what you want. Send them a mail, they speak English.
www.metaalwinkel.nl
They'll have what you want. Send them a mail, they speak English.
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No idea where to get the old stuff, but...
You might try the "antique ivory linear paper Micarta" from Sheffield supply. It strongly resembles the old Westinghouse stuff after it had yellowed. Sheffield is the only place I know of to get this. If you go to my website and check out the Imp model under fixed blades, you can see what it looks like.
www.schallerknives.com
You might try the "antique ivory linear paper Micarta" from Sheffield supply. It strongly resembles the old Westinghouse stuff after it had yellowed. Sheffield is the only place I know of to get this. If you go to my website and check out the Imp model under fixed blades, you can see what it looks like.
www.schallerknives.com
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Metric flat stock.
http://www.toolanddie.com/~smgr2/Merchant2/merchant.mv?
http://www.toolanddie.com/~smgr2/Merchant2/merchant.mv?