Westinghouse Micarta, Ivorite, other vintage phenolics, etc.

black mamba said:
Murph, it looks very G10-ish, great lookin' material!
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Yessir,it is a glass based phenolic which is made with old recipe resins which are non-photo stable. I have a few pieces in different thicknesses which have been exposed to sunlight for various periods of time. After about four hours of direct sunlight, it turns to kind of a taupe color. As time and exposure continues it turns to an amberish Brown.
 
javand said:
Awesome stuff Don!


I scored some very interesting old stock Catalin from Germany, I'll post pics when it arrives.
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Hey man, I just came across to you and it seems that you are into collecting materials. Get a hold of me so we can bullshit, trade, help each out. I appreciate the guys like yourself
 
This is some phenolic I had left over from aircraft work in the 70's. We used it for tooling. Made a couple of scales for this blade with black liners. Thinking it was nylon, but not sure, it's .26" & pretty dark, but lighter color once it's cut & shaped. This is 320 sanded with wd40 to see a bit of color. Nice stuff to work with but tough...
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A couple of pieces of Westinghouse Ivorite (Antique a Ivory Micarta) cut from a board I recently acquired. This came indirectly from the shop of a deceased make who had originally purchased from K&G sometime in the 80s. A few of the pieces I purchased still have the old K&G labels on them. When I inquired and sent pics to K&G, they confirmed that it was purchased from them “30+ years ago” While they were still located in Texas.

for some reason, pics aren’t attaching. I’ll work on it and see what I can do.
 
javand said:
Ok here goes:

This is one of two different pieces I got from Ray Kirk, first sheet was about 3/16" thick, the next is 0.650":

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This is the stuff I just got, is *supposed* to be legit westinghouse stuff, but I'm not certain it is, it's pretty beige colored:

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Then this is Westinghouse Blue Ivorite, which I believe to be legit. I paid good money for this from a reputable source AFAIK:

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Here's a photo of knives (Don Carlos Adrade, California Custom Knives, not mine) made from the same material, hope they don't mind me linking, but the maker has a knifemaker membership here:

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Hi my friend! I'm looking for blue micarta, and found this message. Do you still have these materials?
 
Got this vintage Russian “noodles” micarta and sent it off to get an EDC made a tad smaller than my XL EDC. Bill did a really nice job. Here is before and after to show what the micarta looks like after working thru some layers. Ice Age Crafts was my supplier.IMG_1790.jpegIMG_1795.jpegIMG_1736.jpeg
 
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