Barehead 110

Nice selection of grain.

Foggy mornings make some of the prettiest sceneries.
 
The grain is just stunning.

I like the look of bearheads but don't like their balance in my hand. Regardless of my particular preferences, it is a beautiful looking knife.
 
Thanks for the replies folks! My goal is to fill an acrylic 5 knife Buck stand I have with 5 110's made from wood taken from the farm. So far I have the blackjack, a post oak and an eastern red cedar. Since I cleared out about 20,000 mesquite trees many years ago it's made it difficult to find the right piece of mesquite wood but I still have a lot. The fifth knife wood has yet to be determined although I do have some unique walnut colored post oak I found. It's like the upper half of the landing net handle.

Just for refreshers...
Cedar
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post oak
 
Nice work. I didn't know the wood was like that from a Black Jack. Guys call our Emory oaks out here Black Jack's. But the type I grew up
calling Black Jack's in East TX. looked like this one pictured from Iowa St. Univ.. With large leaves and very rigid, coarse bark. Not a live oak type leaf. DM
https://www.google.com/search?q=blackjack+tree+image&rlz=1C1CHFX_enUS601US601&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=5QiKX2A4Mag_xM%3A%2CL8OxQu-cjWz9cM%2C_&usg=AI4_-kTMKmI6IjAOy92VfcXutgbl6lpNOA&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwigpKC5purdAhUBWqwKHdApAhMQ9QEwBXoECAIQDg#imgrc=5QiKX2A4Mag_xM:
 
It's a blackjack for sure. They're a gnarly tree where a 1" limb will dislodge you from your tractor seat but it rots faster than any tree I know of. The points on the leaf nodes show that it's in the red oak family, hence the readiness to rot.

Post oaks, ERC, blackjack and mesquite trees are all indicators of poor soil. I guess that tells you a lot about my place. If youpon was worth something I'd be a billionaire.
 
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