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#124669 - 02/26/15 05:41 PM Re: Yellow Micarta questions **** [Re: rodbrown]
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Thanks Chris & Rod,

That's what I couldn't figure - the date didn't seem to match up with AGM (2004 - 2008). And Chris, the seller called it "Gold Micarta", so I guess who knows, but I do like it also...
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#124673 - 02/26/15 07:13 PM Re: Yellow Micarta questions [Re: BobG]
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Hey...Everyone:
I find this interesting and pertinent to this topic. Although this nice old Morseth hunter isn't a Randall, it is quite appropriately made at the right time and with the right stuff, i.e.: Old Yeller.
A customer brought this to me a couple of weeks ago, just to have it appraised. When I drew the knife out of the sheath I immediately said: "Uh huh...Old Yeller...and that God-awful fading and darkening". He asked me what I was talking about. He's a good guy, an avid hunter and fisherman...and "NEVER" noticed this?!/'#+*!???
Can you folks pick out the "tell-tale" sign?
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#124674 - 02/26/15 07:17 PM Re: Yellow Micarta questions [Re: Captain Chris Stanaback]
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Oof ...
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#124675 - 02/26/15 07:22 PM Re: Yellow Micarta questions [Re: Captain Chris Stanaback]
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The micarta is darker on the butt end. Specifically the section of the handle that sticks out of the sheath.
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#124676 - 02/26/15 07:39 PM Re: Yellow Micarta questions [Re: rodbrown]
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Can you believe the guy didn't notice that? Wow! Anyway: I hope to have a nice "before-n-after" photo once I get it taken care of. Folks: Don't store your knives in their sheaths..and don't leave one side facing the sun!
Rod: This should interest you. We often see a whole side of a knife darker than the other, but this one side is "two-toned
! It should interest you because:
* Not only is the exposed side darker..."BUT"...(There's that word again)...
* Notice how the laminations seem to fade and blend together. "Obviously the same piece of micarta, but might help you understand (visually) how your one model #5 seemed to be something "other" than Old Yeller.
Hope this helps everyone readily see what we have been talking about.
Best, Capt. Chris


Edited by Captain Chris Stanaback (02/26/15 07:40 PM)
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#124683 - 02/27/15 06:44 AM Re: Yellow Micarta questions [Re: Captain Chris Stanaback]
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Originally Posted By: Captain Chris Stanaback
Anyway: I hope to have a nice "before-n-after" photo once I get it taken care of.


?? What's going to take place with it?
Is someone going to "try" and make that handle look equal?
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#124684 - 02/27/15 06:49 AM Re: Yellow Micarta questions [Re: Michael_Mason]
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Mike,
Yes, exactly. That's the plan!
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#124686 - 02/27/15 08:36 AM Re: Yellow Micarta questions [Re: Captain Chris Stanaback]
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"Notice how the laminations seem to fade and blend together. "Obviously the same piece of micarta, but might help you understand (visually) how your one model #5 seemed to be something "other" than Old Yeller".

Capt, reference your quote above, I accept yellow micarta changes with exposure to light. Is it your "guess" that the different color micarta on my Model 5 with the scalloped spacer, is not Old Yellow? Not that it really matters to me one way or the other.


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#124687 - 02/27/15 08:48 AM Re: Yellow Micarta questions [Re: Captain Chris Stanaback]
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Originally Posted By: Captain Chris Stanaback
That's the plan!

It will be interesting to see how much material he has to remove before he gets into the lighter material.
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#124688 - 02/27/15 09:20 AM Re: Yellow Micarta questions [Re: rodbrown]
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Rod,
The knife is old yeller. The grain changes, in appearance, over time with the darkening..."plus"...micarta cut from different lots or on different sides would explain yours looking...well...different!
Mike,
I though I would let James-N-Crew have a go of it. We'll see. If it works out well. It may very well be a solution for folks that have an old Randall in ivorite that has been darkened on 1 side only.
Best, Capt. Chris
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