Show us your new handle
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Black/Blue G10 handle and blue G10 pins on a Sakai Takayuki 240mm gyuto.
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Mr. Itou R2 damascus blade, handle: nickel silver bolster, turquoise, and mammoth molar tusk, with mosaic pins
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Nice!
If God wanted me to be a vegetarian he wouldn't have made animals taste so good.
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That spacer work is phenomenal!
I always liked these in 270mm. Wish I would have kept one around.
I always liked these in 270mm. Wish I would have kept one around.
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I don’t know if this is what was used, but I have black micarta rods from McMaster. I have used it as pin material on a handle that will be heading home soon.
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That handle really works with that knife!
If God wanted me to be a vegetarian he wouldn't have made animals taste so good.
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I've used black carbon fiber pins before. They work similar to micartas. Im guessing that's g10 maybe?
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Correct, the pins are G10. I didn’t wanna use micarta because I wanted there to be a little bit of shine, and I also wasn’t a fan of the layers that micarta would show. I do like micarta, but it wouldn’t have been the right choice for what I was going for aesthetically. I was initially planning on using black buffalo horn for the pins, but that would have entailed turning them down on a lathe, which Lucas does not have.
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G10 is nice for pins; Micarta pins have more of a texture visible to them where the g10 is solid color. Micarta handles get Micarta or G10 pins, depending on colors and other handle materials like wood and G10, I try to use G10 pins.
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This is going on my Masamoto. One of my favorite woods karelian birch, skipped the traditional ferrule in lieu of simple mokume caps. I think it highlights the wood better.
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I wish, like you I would like to try some, but have not had the required inertia to attempt it.