Yes, this is micarta. The natural fibers that are woven through the material will appear pale when dry. There’s nothing ‘on’ the handle. You can wax the handle scales if you want the fibers to look less prominent, but it’s a consistent feature of pretty much all micarta scales.
MightySkynet
Yes, it will go away with use from your body oils. You can accelerate it by putting food safe mineral oil on your scales. Food safe mineral oil is great for protecting blades, darkening / conditioning G10 and as a general lubricant.
ATXnative34
Yeah, I personally don’t like Micarta scales for this reason but some people love them. It’s kinda similar to how bronze patinas after the oil from your skin contacts it a lot.
Greek_Heat
Clean it with some hot water and dish soap – you can use a toothbrush if needed. You can also use some isopropyl (rubbing) alcohol.
If you want to darken the micarta and make the color pop more, apply beeswax or mineral oil. Watch some YT videos for more details.
ResQDiver
I had the same issue with one of my knives. The micarta on one side looked fine, and white spots on the other. I used a tooth brush to rough it up, then I put some wicked wax on it and POW… looks great now.
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Yes, this is micarta. The natural fibers that are woven through the material will appear pale when dry. There’s nothing ‘on’ the handle. You can wax the handle scales if you want the fibers to look less prominent, but it’s a consistent feature of pretty much all micarta scales.
Yes, it will go away with use from your body oils. You can accelerate it by putting food safe mineral oil on your scales. Food safe mineral oil is great for protecting blades, darkening / conditioning G10 and as a general lubricant.
Yeah, I personally don’t like Micarta scales for this reason but some people love them. It’s kinda similar to how bronze patinas after the oil from your skin contacts it a lot.
Clean it with some hot water and dish soap – you can use a toothbrush if needed. You can also use some isopropyl (rubbing) alcohol.
If you want to darken the micarta and make the color pop more, apply beeswax or mineral oil. Watch some YT videos for more details.
I had the same issue with one of my knives. The micarta on one side looked fine, and white spots on the other. I used a tooth brush to rough it up, then I put some wicked wax on it and POW… looks great now.