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Thoughts on acrylic covers?
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Will Power
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I can. This is the Bird 
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Plastic covers go on advertising knives.
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My thoughts are, they are beautiful!
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I like this Orange Crush Perylic pretty much.
I also like this Tortoise Shell covered Bull Nose as it is Bob Andrews' (rma100) SFO. Bob has since passed on and as he was sometimes cantankerous I would have liked to have been a fly on the wall during his discussion with St Peter at the Pearly Gates on whether he was in or out - of course he won and is in!!.
I also like this Tortoise Shell covered Bull Nose as it is Bob Andrews' (rma100) SFO. Bob has since passed on and as he was sometimes cantankerous I would have liked to have been a fly on the wall during his discussion with St Peter at the Pearly Gates on whether he was in or out - of course he won and is in!!.
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I like 'em
I bought this looking glass powderhorn as a present to my wife, she was disappointed at the pile side treatment where they used scraps of the abalone to make the cover, it was a rather cheesy attempt if you ask me, but now that it's mine, through a painful trade, it'll make a decent enough user
I bought this looking glass powderhorn as a present to my wife, she was disappointed at the pile side treatment where they used scraps of the abalone to make the cover, it was a rather cheesy attempt if you ask me, but now that it's mine, through a painful trade, it'll make a decent enough user
wow - what a collection ... whats not to like ?? I love acrylics ... my pride and joy is a #61 half congress in St Paddy's day acrylic.I love acrylics. You get all the beauty and variety of celluloid, without the negative effects.
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That orange crush is pretty sweet, but that tortoise shell is magnificent. Love it!I like this Orange Crush Perylic pretty much.
I also like this Tortoise Shell covered Bull Nose as it is Bob Andrews' (rma100) SFO. Bob has since passed on and as he was sometimes cantankerous I would have liked to have been a fly on the wall during his discussion with St Peter at the Pearly Gates on whether he was in or out - of course he won and is in!!.
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Well then.. that actually looks like something I'd buy. I have a fetish for orange things, after all, and that cover material looks like a certain fountain pen I really like the look of as well. Same orange crush type acrylic in the two. Maybe that knife has more 'clear' orange in it than the pen material, but they are the same tone of orange, a good rich one I find appealing.I like this Orange Crush Perylic pretty much.
So there ya go. I think they are gross for the greater part, but there are at least a few I can still enjoy the look of and would consider buying if I encountered them in person somewhere. No pheasants, no mardi gras stomach spills, no glittery stuff, tho. Those to me are the worst ever.
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Cover material aside, that shield is quite the looker. I like the grooved accent in it, really sets it off. I'd take that on some Appaloosa bone, micarta or ebony in a heartbeat.
I like 'em
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I bought this looking glass powderhorn as a present to my wife, she was disappointed at the pile side treatment where they used scraps of the abalone to make the cover, it was a rather cheesy attempt if you ask me, but now that it's mine, through a painful trade, it'll make a decent enough user
Apparently they're all piecemeal collages of small chunks of Abalone.
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The mark side of mine is one full slice, the pile side looks to be three pieces. In all honesty I feel they took care to match the pieces in a complimentary fashion, and made use of the lens properties of the clear acrylic in a clever way to showcase the beauty of the abalone slices. It's also cool to look through the top and bottom of the knife and see the scale pins. My slight dig was a tounge in cheek poke, nothing more. It's a beautiful knife and the colors dancing and shifting as one maneuvers it in hand can be a little mesmerizing. one of my favorite GEC's, and was the very first GEC knife that I ever handled. I have some other acrylics to dig out and try to capture and share...
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Like many others, I was apprehensive about acrylic as a handle material. It seems cheap and tacky - something maybe for a child rather than an adult. Of course, I like my Nifebrite acrylic knives, so there's plenty of hypocrisy and irony there (I've always liked stuff that glows in the dark).
In my search for the elusive ebony GEC 92 I expressed no interest in the lava acrylic model; I'd only seen one example for sale before, and was completely underwhelmed by the example. The GEC stock images were also very "blah". But when I was finally contacted about the ebony, I was also offered one in lava. He sent pictures and I was smitten at the first glance, and the asking price was too reasonable to pass up. This example is far more "active" than the other one I'd seen. Once I received the knife I knew I made the right decision.
Apologies for the recycled pictures.
From now own, I guess I'm open to the possibility of acrylic covers. It just depends on the acrylic and the knife.
In my search for the elusive ebony GEC 92 I expressed no interest in the lava acrylic model; I'd only seen one example for sale before, and was completely underwhelmed by the example. The GEC stock images were also very "blah". But when I was finally contacted about the ebony, I was also offered one in lava. He sent pictures and I was smitten at the first glance, and the asking price was too reasonable to pass up. This example is far more "active" than the other one I'd seen. Once I received the knife I knew I made the right decision.
Apologies for the recycled pictures.
From now own, I guess I'm open to the possibility of acrylic covers. It just depends on the acrylic and the knife.
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