Brown Micarta texture difference

[Anvil Points]

What a great community you have here. Finally glad to be on board!

Love my Crucartas and recently received my first Military 2. Very impressive blade! Excellent example right out of the box.
Curious about the fine and coarse texture difference on these Cruwear models. My Para3 has a coarser look and feel than my PM2 and M2. Which both have a fine texture with slight
“tiger striping”.

Wondering if this is a cqi change? It appears that there is no way to tell what type you will get when ordering (military 2 specifically). Some dealer photos show a coarse texture, and others are fine. Perhaps the date code would reflect the change?

I like either one actually.

[sal]

Hi Anvil Points,

Welcome to our forum and thanx for the kind words. We do have a very special group of folk that hang here. We hope you enjoy your time spent here.

sal

[Enactive]

In my experience natural canvas Micarta has significant color and texture variations. In addition to material differences, variations in shaping and finishing operations can affect visual and tactile appearance.

I'm not sure it's the case, but G10 and FRN seem to be more homogeneous materials than Micarta.

[Pokey]

I’d agree with what Enactive said, every Micarta scale looks different, and it doesn’t seem to matter whether the cloth used is linen, canvas, or burlap.

Here are two examples of a couple of Para Military 2’s. You can definitely feel more of the linen on the left one. It’s a more consistent top layer of linen from top to bottom for both scales.

The ruddy red one on the right is very smooth at the top of the scales with a rougher feel at the bottom. Tan = linen, red = resin. The difference is whether there’s more of the resin layer (smooth) as the top surface or the linen layer. (rougher) Top to bottom the right one slopes from one layer to the other.

Unless the finish is like the chalky look of the left one (clip side) they all look different.

[Manifestgtr]

This is one of the things I love about micarta (and especially burlap micarta because it jacks the whole thing up a notch). Your knife is going to be unique and “inspectable” in a more obvious way than G10 or FRN. Marbled carbon fiber is even more dramatic in that sense.

One of my favorite companies is Zildjian cymbals. I’ve been playing Zildjians for my entire professional life and love them because each one is unique…every one of them, even among the same model. When you find “your ride cymbal”, you develop a connection with it and it becomes an extension of your musical expression. Micarta has a bit of that same attribute.

[Anvil Points]

Thank you for your replies. I look forward to developing some nice character with use. Micarta is my favorite material for scales. It just feels right, and love the distressed look.