Bone and horn — usually sourced from deer, steer and other ruminant animals — is kind of like the middle point between wood and leather. It’s often used in knife handles, but rarely as the sole handle ...

Purely for aesthetics, some knife makers use bone inlays screwed onto steel handles. These are treated to give long-lasting beautiful colours. Micarta This is a composite material made from layers ...

including rosewood and bone scales. Most of the other materials are decidedly more contemporary. For instance, the other three handle options include Micarta, carbon fiber and Kirinite (a type of ...