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What is "shell"

Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2003 12:00 am
by zardoz
What is the source of the "shell" in a root beer shell inlaid Native? Is it a creature or something artificial?

Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2003 5:22 pm
by dialex
I know the material is similar to Zytel.

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Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2003 8:51 pm
by Carlos
It is a thin layer of real shell bonded to a base of G10. I don't know which animal it comes from.

Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2003 5:08 pm
by whereami
G-10 Shell
An ultra-thin layer of mother of pearl (or other type of shell) which is laminated to G-10 and used as inlaid decorative handle scales on several Spyderco models including the C66 Versuvius.