A couple of Spanish Olive wood folders.

I'mSoSharp · Oct 23, 2016

A couple of totally different (to one another) reasonable priced folders I thought you might like to see, a lockback by Cudeman in 440(?) steel that's F.F.G & a hollow ground stiletto by Nieto in what they call AN58.

I love Olive wood, & because I live in Spain I can have a look at whatever stock the shop holds so get to pick the best of the bunch, between theses two I particularly like the larger Cudeman's scales, they don't match at all but that doesn't matter to me.

Both have been sanded & polished, though they weren't to bad from new.

Hope you like them.

screened porch · Oct 23, 2016

That olive wood is nice. How old a pattern is the skinny one?

I'mSoSharp · Oct 23, 2016

scrteened porch said:
That olive wood is nice. How old a pattern is the skinny one?

Sorry I don't know. It's Nieto's model 0410 that they describe as a "Stiletto" (Estilete).

Pomsbz · Oct 23, 2016

I have the thin one, you might want to stabilise the wood, mine cracked after just a month and little wear.

I'mSoSharp · Oct 23, 2016

Pomsbz said:
I have the thin one, you might want to stabilise the wood, mine cracked after just a month and little wear.

sorry to hear about yours.

I just oil my wooden handles, I have many more than this & have had no problems.

jackknife · Oct 23, 2016

Olive wood is interesting stuff. Beautiful grain patterns!

I've thought about buying an Opinel in olive wood to sand down and refinish. But I admit I don't know much about the stuff. Is it a durable wood?

Love the beautiful slim stiletto:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

I'mSoSharp · Oct 23, 2016

Jackknife, Olive is indeed lovely stuff, it is durable & finishes lovely probably due to it being an "oily" wood.

But, it is massively variable in its looks, usually any blade handle looks good, just some look better than others which is a problem with buying mail order, though I have done that sight unseen.

I'm pleased with the Stiletto, but it is definitely a light duty knife as it's a long blade for the size of the pivot area.

AFAustin · Oct 23, 2016

Pretty knives! I love the look of olive wood and have an Opinel #6 in it that's a favorite.

Andrew

Henry Beige · Oct 23, 2016

Those are very nice. The olive on my No.10 Slim is not nearly as dramatic. But as you suggest, you don't get to pick and choose buying online.

Halfneck · Oct 23, 2016

jackknife said:
Olive wood is interesting stuff. Beautiful grain patterns!

I've thought about buying an Opinel in olive wood to sand down and refinish. But I admit I don't know much about the stuff. Is it a durable wood?

Love the beautiful slim stiletto:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

Word of warning Carl

I did the very thing you describe with an Opinel Ebauche in Olivewood. Day later I was covered in a poison ivy like rash on my arms and lower legs (I was wearing shorts). Turns out Olivewood is towards the upper end of toxic woods to work with. Didn't have any issue with the Cherrywood Ebauche I'd finished and just foolishly assumed every thing would be fine. Now once it was cleaned up and sealed using mineral oil and boiled linseed oil I had no issues with it. Still every time I handled it I mentally itched so I gifted it to a friend.

jackknife · Oct 23, 2016

Halfneck said:
Word of warning Carl

I did the very thing you describe with an Opinel Ebauche in Olivewood. Day later I was covered in a poison ivy like rash on my arms and lower legs (I was wearing shorts). Turns out Olivewood is towards the upper end of toxic woods to work with. Didn't have any issue with the Cherrywood Ebauche I'd finished and just foolishly assumed every thing would be fine. Now once it was cleaned up and sealed using mineral oil and boiled linseed oil I had no issues with it. Still every time I handled it I mentally itched so I gifted it to a friend.

Eoow! Thanks for the warning!!!

Domnw here in Texas I'm still in shorts, T-shirt and keen sandals, so I'd be getting a good dose of the olive wood sawdust. Does not sound like fun at all. I'll take precautions.

I'mSoSharp · Oct 24, 2016

I've used Olive quite a bit & it goes without saying wear a mask, it's known more as a irritant of the respiratory system. It smells lovely when being worked, of course you shouldn't be able to smell it!!

Below are two knives made by me with Olive wood from a fire wood stack!

PNWJimbo · Oct 24, 2016

Love the file work on the stiletto

AFAustin · Oct 24, 2016

I'mSoSharp said:
I've used Olive quite a bit & it goes without saying wear a mask, it's known more as a irritant of the respiratory system. It smells lovely when being worked, of course you shouldn't be able to smell it!!

Below are two knives made by me with Olive wood from a fire wood stack!

Beautiful work---the glass-like finish on these is striking.:thumbup:

Andrew

Gevonovich · Oct 24, 2016

The olive wood is just gorgeous! The knives you made are spectacular! Looking forward to seeing more of your collection

I saved your pictures to use as desktops

5K Qs · Oct 24, 2016

I'mSoSharp said:
A couple of totally different (to one another) reasonable priced folders I thought you might like to see, a lockback by Cudeman in 440(?) steel that's F.F.G & a hollow ground stiletto by Nieto in what they call AN58.

I love Olive wood, & because I live in Spain I can have a look at whatever stock the shop holds so get to pick the best of the bunch, between theses two I particularly like the larger Cudeman's scales, they don't match at all but that doesn't matter to me.

Both have been sanded & polished, though they weren't to bad from new.
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Hope you like them.

Oh, yeah, I definitely like them!! :thumbup::thumbup:

I'mSoSharp said:
I've used Olive quite a bit & it goes without saying wear a mask, it's known more as a irritant of the respiratory system. It smells lovely when being worked, of course you shouldn't be able to smell it!!

Below are two knives made by me with Olive wood from a fire wood stack!

I like these, too!! You did beautiful work!! :thumbup::thumbup:

I have an olive wood Joker that I purchased in Valencia; it's one of my favorite knives, and it's similar to your Cudeman.

- GT

Pomsbz · Oct 24, 2016

I'mSoSharp said:
sorry to hear about yours.

I just oil my wooden handles, I have many more than this & have had no problems.

Me too, including two olive wood opinels, it was weird as the crack happened while it was in a drawer over a few months with a bunch of other knives. Not quite sure how that happened. The crack was at the pivot which made me worry about whether it had been weakened during manufacture.

I'mSoSharp · Oct 24, 2016

PNWJimbo said:
Love the file work on the stiletto

Me too.

AFAustin said:
Beautiful work---the glass-like finish on these is striking.:thumbup:

Andrew

Thanks.
Don't tell anyone but it's a C.A glue finish!

A trick taken from pen turners, OK it's not the most durable finish for a knife but looks good & easy to re-do or remove.

Gevonovich said:
The olive wood is just gorgeous! The knives you made are spectacular! Looking forward to seeing more of your collection

I saved your pictures to use as desktops

Thanks, I intend to do a thread soon on the Swedish "Barrel" knife copy, it's one of three I've made so far.

5K Qs said:
Oh, yeah, I definitely like them!! :thumbup::thumbup:

I like these, too!! You did beautiful work!! :thumbup::thumbup:

I have an olive wood Joker that I purchased in Valencia; it's one of my favorite knives, and it's similar to your Cudeman.

- GT

Nice Joker, & carbon too

, though lots of knives here in Spain are produced in stainless & carbon I find shops tend to stock the stainless models when I want the carbon.

Pomsbz said:
Me too, including two olive wood opinels, it was weird as the crack happened while it was in a drawer over a few months with a bunch of other knives. Not quite sure how that happened. The crack was at the pivot which made me worry about whether it had been weakened during manufacture.

Other than a manufacture fault it could be a change in humidity? Or, though Olive is a hard wood it's grain tends to run in random directions, all it takes on a very thin knife like this is for the grain to be across the scale, or simply just a bad piece of Olive.

5K Qs · Oct 30, 2016

I'mSoSharp said:
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Nice Joker, & carbon too , though lots of knives here in Spain are produced in stainless & carbon I find shops tend to stock the stainless models when I want the carbon.
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Thanks, I'mSoSharp.

When I visited my daughter in Spain a couple of years ago, I had experiences similar to yours with regard to carbon and stainless blades. When I asked for a carbon JJ Martinez navaja de campaña, the owner of a cuchilleria in Sevilla told me he stocked very few carbon blades, especially around Christmas season, because customers would buy carbon blades and then come back to complain because the blades didn't stay shiny (I "settled" for a stainless Carlos Quintana Taramundi that I greatly enjoy). My daughter had a long conversation in Spanish with the salesperson in a cuchilleria in Granada about whether I could properly care for a carbono JJ Martinez; she finally convinced him that I was worthy and he went to the back room to get one, but when I arrived home I found that it was stainless! And after I had returned to the US, my daughter once went to a Madrid cuchilleria hoping to buy me a carbono gift, but the saleslady gave her a hard time and wouldn't sell her anything but stainless unless the man receiving the gift (me!) could come in and verify that he was "carbon-ready"!!

I even submitted an online order with a Spanish knife dealer for a ciervo navaja de campaña with carbon blade, and had it delivered to my daughter's piso. She brought it to me this summer; it was stainless too!

- GT

Will Power · Oct 30, 2016

Excellent job on the re-handling using Olivewood 'firewood' :thumbup: Some beautiful whorls and knots, looks luxurious!

Hope you can show more of your work in the future?

Thanks, Will