That's an interesting question. I do have some micarta scales that would probably be pretty boring colors of g10 or frn, like the green putman micarta scales I love so much. The texture and material makes them much more interesting. Terotuf (and some micarta) also has a really interesting texture that makes colors look washed out or faded. I love that added character in the color, and I think it makes some sort of "average" colors look much more unique.Wartstein wrote: ↑Sun Aug 02, 2020 4:40 pmJuPaul wrote: ↑Sun Aug 02, 2020 4:29 pmYep, scales are pretty important to me: color, material, and texture. I want color, and while I definitely love unique colors, I'm not super picky about color in general. Even gray makes me happier than boring ol' black, and I genuinely like brown. I will occasionally buy a knife with black g10/frn or carbon fiber if I really love the design (the upcoming Astute, for example), or if I really want to try the steel/blade (combo edge 52100 pm2, for example), but I'm way more likely to do that if aftermarket scales are available. With that said, everyone needs to go buy an Astute asap so people will start making new scales for it!
Reading your post automatically brings to my mind all the beautiful terotuf scales you've shown us here and that makes me wonder:
How much does material/texture actually influence how a color is perceived?
I mean by that for example that a color on a terotuf scale might look great, but the exact same color just ok-ish on FRN... or vice versa
But I definitely have a few colors that I like in any material, like teal/seafoam/turquoise, which I've got in frn, terotuf, and alox. If someone makes it in g10, I'll probably have to buy it.