Stingray Skin Shift Knob and Knife Content

[Shiro666]

Greetings Ladies and Gentlemen,

A while back I posted my stock Momo shifter with the leather covering replaced with Anaconda skin. I have decided to step up my game and do some black, tanned Stingray skin.

I am pretty pleased with the results. The skin is basically leather studded with bone nodes called osteoderms. This makes it one of the most wear resistant and durable natural materials avaliable. It was commonly used as armor and as a structural part of a Japanese sword handle. It is stupid expensive, but I am confident it will outlast me.

Love to hear everybody's thoughts.

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2009/04/Shifter005-1.jpg?t=1240838593

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2009/04/Shifter004-1.jpg?t=1240838624

OT ALERT!

This is what I usually use this stuff for:

Sheath for a Damascus knife. I manufactured the lamanated steel, knife and sheath.

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2009/04/TantoPics003-1.jpg?t=1240838773

Underwrap for Stylized Japanese Tanto. This blade was forged and heat treated using traditional methods.

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2009/04/TantoPics018-1.jpg?t=1240838843

[Tom Welch]

sweet. I'd love a shift knob like that. Too expensive though.

[Shiro666]

Yeah, a skin goes for about 100 bucks.

It only took 20 bucks worth of rayskin and about 5 hours of cursing and gluing my fingers together.

Hanen't seen it on another car, though.

[LowBuckX]

It looks horrible. Remove it now and send it to me for disposal.