THE ECAM Scales thread

My fantastic, amazing, beautiful wife let me go crazy for a father's day present. Went all in on a MC with, you guessed it, "the good stuff" for scales...

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I came upon some antique micarta scales for the original FK a year or two year ago…and foolishly sold them.o_O Live and learn, I guess....


*EDIT* Also, you guys have some great photos in this thread! I have appreciated seeing all the different shades of AECM.

Is that what these are? Slab cut AM?

They are darker than any other natural micarta I've gotten from CPK but not nearly as dark as the aecm I'm seeing.
 
As a (retired) polymer chemist I can absolutely appreciate Old School/OG Westinghouse micarta for what it was/is. Polymer chemistry is barely a century old, and the Giants of the field, Bader, A., (Bakelite), Carothers, W., et al are still mentioned often. I never worked with composites much, but I get them. My personal preference now is no more Safe Queens and the CPK Terotuf appeals to my practical side. YMMV.
 
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