Show your acrylic covers

[Mayonardo]

If you have knives with acrylic covers, post a photo or two and let us know how they are as users and how they are holding up.
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[Old Engineer]

Edited to add : I guess that I am not sure that the Pickle Knife is Acrylic
Harry

 

[Railsplitter]

I cannot comment on how these are holding up because I haven't used them but these are either known to be Acrylic or I suspect they are Acrylic.



The Blue Jay feather is real but I suspect the white portion is Acrylic.

This one has seen moderate use and it's holding up fine.

 

[22-rimfire]

The blue and red honey comb handles are C-Tek. Not acrylic. I like it however.

 

[Railsplitter]

The blue and red honey comb handles are C-Tek. Not acrylic. I like it however.

Thanks. I knew that but I erroneously assumed that C-Tek was a form of Acrylic. The descriptions I've read seemed vague as to what the material actually is.

 

[rockgolfer]

This thread should wet your appetite until folks can contribute other brands

https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/show-off-your-gec-acrylics.1044413/

 

[Mayonardo]

Better photos
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[Will Power]

Mayonardo You've got a very fine example of a Tortoiseshell Stockman there, it's an extremely attractive acrylic. Most of my stuff is in the GEC thread, but about durability of acrylic: I'd say it's good, but I never carry any pocket knife with keys or change-everything gets mucked up by that, bolsters suffer a lot and it's a hard-use I rule out It's similar to Delrin but much less susceptible to cracking or chipping than Bone, no shrink like horn and no gas attack like Cell If it scratches a strop will bring it back, so I rate it for durability.

1. Metal scales (but don't fancy them personally)
2. Micarta.
3. Stag. It endures dropping and regains shape from drying out or saturation, doesn't crack much.
4. Delrin/Acrylic
5.Bone
6. Horn/ Shell
7. MOP and that awful Green Snail Shell stuff a lot of people worship

Woods vary so much according to type and prep but Ebony, Blackwood, Coco, Zebra all very tough stuff that lasts a century or more.

 

[black mamba]

Some good ones:

 

[HotGuts]

Tortoise shell is the only one that has really got my attention so far. I was surprised at how much I like the feel of the acrylic, which is very hard and extremely smooth.
My only acrylic handled knife...

 

[afishhunter]

The poltergeist in the truck I had "borrowed" my one of my knives with acrilic covers. A tiny (about peanut size) RR Trapper with "Tortoise Shell" acrylic covers.
The one small slipjoint knife I've had (that can be mentioned in Traditionals.) that I acually liked.
(my other slipjoint with acrylic covers (faux abalone acrylic) can't be talked about here. (I asked)

 

[Will Power]

Dead Skunk, showing how polished looking Acrylic can be.

 

[lambertiana]

Only one and it is holding up fine. Of course I don't carry it loose with anything else in the pocket.