These two are my favs so far...I know they are fairly common materials but it just looks right to me.
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Remove the shield and I'll agree!These two are my favs so far...I know they are fairly common materials but it just looks right to me.
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The best part is the smell...pure Pennsylvania crude! The ones I have or have had actually have a nice sheen and grain to them.Oil suckered rod wood always seems to catch my eye. Interesting history and a fairly uniform gray color.
Requesting a specific color and/or jigging is fair game. The factory ability to reproduce a specific color or jigging may be an entirely different story. This is not one that you get to decide after you see the production pictures coming thru
I think black and white ebony is very difficult to work with. Bark River discontinued using it because, I think, of issues with cracking and breaking. I remember reading Mike Stewart talking about a high attrition rate with raw material. Basically if he bought "X" number of material (board feet?) he got "X%" of usable content out of it. And it wasn't a very good percentage.
If ebony/blackwood is chosen, I think all steel pins/liners is a must.
These two are my favs so far...I know they are fairly common materials but it just looks right to me.
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These two are my favs so far...I know they are fairly common materials but it just looks right to me.
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Wow both of those are stunning That banner shield and ebony looks outstanding.I have to agree, my favorites so far also, just a classy vintage look, Ebony, Cocobolo, Ironwood or Bocote would all look great with that shield. Vintage Challenge Ebony Jack with a shield close to that one, pure class.
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No ordering yet.Just now getting back into traditional knives, as a matter of fact, I ordered a Case Mini Copperlock in Premium Burnt Stag from your shop yesterday. How can you get on the list for one of these knives, or are they all already spoken for?