Mircata

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Mircata is a composite material, usually made of layers of either paper or cloth (linen and canvas are mostly used), glued together. Glues used are either resin, epoxy or cyanoacrylate. Traditional mircata consists of several brown and few black layers, resembling wood. Modern mircata uses all colors and different methods of layering or twisting.

[edit] Production

Materials are soaked in glue, placed layer upon layer and then compressed until the glue hardens.

Other materials can also be used, the main problem being the proper soaking of the material. For example, to soak more dense cloth, it becomes necessary to use a vacuum chamber.

[edit] Uses

It can have a pattern reminiscent of wood and is used for wooden grips on knives or guns, since mircata normally is water-repellent and ages a lot slower and with less color deterioration than normal wood.

For another material that is used as replacement for normal wood for grips and has a quite similar production process, see stabilized wood.