What’s your favourite Handle Material?

[TC]

Snakewood and Amboyna burl; antique ivory micarta; stacked leather. Top 3 in that order. Many runner-ups (runners-up?) though.

 

[Alberta Ed]

Depends. Stag (Buck Custom Shop 110), Arctic spalted birch (Roselli), ivory ebony (Ivan Campos Scandi), FRN (folders), titanium (CRK), Kraton (Cold Steel), Santoprene (Benchmade Puukko 200), stacked leather (Marbles, Ka-Bar). All good.

 

[J. Doyle]

Mother of pearl, African blackwood, black g-10

 

[Wolverine666]

Polished G10 and titanium for me.

 

[WillbertR]

I like the durability of G10 and Micarta. Wood though often looks great, but from a durability standpoint I’d prefer stabilised wood. Sadly not often available at a reasonable price where I am.

 

[Captain Howdy]

Wood and sawcut bone always catches my eye. Carbon fiber for everyday if I had the money but I don’t so G10 it is.

 

[sceva]

Good Sambar stag followed by nicely jigged bone, followed by nice wood for folders

For hunters, Stag again followed by nice wood like ironwood.

 

[conan11]

I like wood.

 

[SharpBits]

Vintage emerald green paper micarta, then titanium. Everything else is tied for a close third place. I like many different materials and will choose what interests me at the moment.

 

[norcalAF]

I like wood.

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It that in the morning? I like David Mary and wood as well!

 

[lukusamongus]

Back in 2007 I started making my own mycarta, so that's what I mostly use now. If I want a particular color or look, I'll make up enough for a handle or two. I call it Lukarta (lol).

Here's a stack of my lukarta.

Here's a knife I posted recently in another thread. Dayglo orange bolsters and natural burlap.

 

[luethge]

Canvas, linen and burlap Micarta

 

[maxjeg]

For Folding Knives:
1. Titanium
2. Titanium
3. Aluminum/Carbon

For Fixed Blade Knives:
1. Beautiful Stabilized Wood
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9. Wood
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21. Micarta/G-10

 

[WillbertR]

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Canvas, linen and burlap Micarta

Love the Canvas. I’ve only made linen before - from some old chino’s. I must try the canvas. What resin do you use?

 

[rexromic]

Titanium

 

[kobold]

Stabilized burls and Titanium (must be punched).

 

[Wishfulthinker580]

Micarta

 

[JBoone]

Micarta if I was forced to pick one

 

[smith357]

It really depends on the knife but in general terms
Sambar Stag for its natural beauty, dense core, durability and grip, not to be confused with elk or other mushy core stag. If the knife has a stag option I will always go for it over wood, bare metal, stacked leather or fiber resin

 

[LarryG]

Titanium, but I recently discovered aluminum and kirinite, which are really good too. Also like CF and micarta.