What handle material is this?

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What do you think this material is? The color variation in the layers makes me think that it isn't G10 but the tightness of the weave makes me think that it may not be canvas micarta either. What say the hogs?
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Usually, that G-rex'd style is G10....hence the G....but I'm no expert!
 
Kind of need G-Man to speak - I think he's the only one who can get close to the crab Shack - we know they throw knives at Jerry if he tries to breach that area of the shop. That's really crazy the more you look at it. Never seen anything like it, in fact that's true about quite a few of the surprises!
It sure had that stacked mammoth tooth right off the bat and I assume that was the theme here- but wth is it? ... the more I look at it the more I like it- and like Will said, that red G10/canvas? looks really nice and I think that's because we don't get to see it.
 
Glad you started a thread for this knife—it deserved its own. Don’t know what the materials are—maybe that’s part of the appeal—but whatever it’s made of works for me!:thumbsup::cool::D
 
Leonardo63 said:
Kind of need G-Man to speak - I think he's the only one who can get close to the crab Shack - we know they throw knives at Jerry if he tries to breach that area of the shop. That's really crazy the more you look at it. Never seen anything like it, in fact that's true about quite a few of the surprises!
It sure had that stacked mammoth tooth right off the bat and I assume that was the theme here- but wth is it? ... the more I look at it the more I like it- and like Will said, that red G10/canvas? looks really nice and I think that's because we don't get to see it.
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Len, have you met those Crab Shack guys? LOL.. getting the day of the week out of them would be tough :D

JK of course ;)

My vote is red or ruby canvas micarta, possibly a shade tree type with less compression on the weave to give it that more open pattern.
 
cpirtle said:
Len, have you met those Crab Shack guys? LOL.. getting the day of the week out of them would be tough :D

JK of course ;)

My vote is red or ruby canvas micarta, possibly a shade tree type with less compression on the weave to give it that more open pattern.
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I concur. Some have said, linen, but it looks more "open" to me as well. Basically looks Burgundy canvas for closest match to Busse's usual these days, but not 100% a match somehow. But then you mention shade tree and that is more like it, though I did not know the custom shop uses it. I have seen shade tree on lots of Fiddlebacks though.
 
From what I have been told they get sent samples all of the time or just buy up random stuff they like and that's what ends up in the shack.

Also, there's the company Shade Tree, which it could very well be, but there is the old school term "shade tree" mechanic which is a term for a do it yourselfer, which could also apply. People who make their own tend to not do it under high pressure.
 
cpirtle said:
From what I have been told they get sent samples all of the time or just buy up random stuff they like and that's what ends up in the shack.

Also, there's the company Shade Tree, which it could very well be, but there is the old school term "shade tree" mechanic which is a term for a do it yourselfer, which could also apply. People who make their own tend to not do it under high pressure.
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Huh! I had always figured "shade tree" Micarta, when referenced as such, was a brand/brand's designation. Never entered my mind it could be referring to a knife maker's own in-house stuff or a sourced but low production non-standardized attempt by someone else. I wonder now.
 
Kenneth F Huls said:
Huh! I had always figured "shade tree" Micarta, when referenced as such, was a brand/brand's designation. Never entered my mind it could be referring to a knife maker's own in-house stuff or a sourced but low production non-standardized attempt by someone else. I wonder now.
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I should be more clear though. As long as I can remember I have heard the term Shade Tree Mechanic. Those were the guys that worked on their own cars but weren't professionals. You know, pull the car under a shady tree and work on it. There's actually a great motorcycle accessory and parts company called Shade Tree. Over the years like many things, the term has been used more and more often for any amateur doing something most people would have a professional do.

I'm pretty sure the guys who run Shade Tree Micarta started off a lot like me but in their case making home made Micarta and that morphed into a business of its own, as hard as their stuff can be to get it may even still be a hobby business.. Probably more than any industry I can think of the knife world has more shade tree makers than any other. How many people started making knives or accessories as a professionally trained vocation? Not many :) I molded my first Kydex sheath in 1999 and was buying sheets of Kydex from Blade Tech when they had like 4 employees. I'm sure Dave Brown can relate a similar story.
 
Thanks for the followup, Pirtle. Yes, I, to, have heard the term, "shade tree mechanic," my entire life (and again, it still did not dawn on me the possible meaning being along those lines). I have not heard it used much, if at all, in any other context, however. Interesting. I think more of the term, "cottage industry," when contemplating knives and knife paraphernalia.

Re the knife world and it being such a hobbyist or enthusiast-driven industry, I have long recognized this truth and it is one reason the knife world is so compelling to me, and has been for almost my entire life. I think of the faces of the real people that represent the knife world when I think of this so-called industry, and not a few faceless corporations (even mass-production giants like Buck and Gerber have a face to them - starting with one man and a love for knives).
 
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