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I was thinking it might be nice to have a thread in which we can all post pics of knives which we feel are made with exceptional natural materials.
For me, one of the things that really drew me into custom knives was the amazing variety and beauty of often rare, natural materials like various fossil ivories in so many colors and textures, great stag, pearl, whether it be white, black, brown or gold, beautifully finished woods with fine figure and color. While there are many other things I do look for in a knife, the quality and aesthetic appeal of a given natural material and how it goes with the rest of the knife are crucial, and often a deal maker, or breaker.
So, I'd like to see people post pics of the nicest natural materials they have seen, doesn't matter if you own the knife or not, if you have any pics of killer stag, ivory, pearl, whatever, on a custom knife, please post it/them.
I have lots of pics, but not nearly enough time right now to post them, so, I'll pick a few and get things going, hoping somebody will folow suit and the thread will continue and I hope maybe later tonight to get a chance to come back and post a few more. I'll just say quickly, that I'd put ivory at the top for me (Walrus at the very top), then Sambar stag, then very colorful black pearl, then, other pearls, then nice woods, yes, giraffe bone doesn't really make my list, for whatever reason, I can't bring myself to like it enough to buy a knife with it, but, I bet if a maker I liked used it and it looked really nice, I could be convinced.
So, the pics are pretty self-explanatory, with an exception.
This Hanson Handle is a fossil Walrus ivory artifact, it had been made and used by an ancient human, and recycled by Don into a tool once again, I find that rather compelling.
For me, one of the things that really drew me into custom knives was the amazing variety and beauty of often rare, natural materials like various fossil ivories in so many colors and textures, great stag, pearl, whether it be white, black, brown or gold, beautifully finished woods with fine figure and color. While there are many other things I do look for in a knife, the quality and aesthetic appeal of a given natural material and how it goes with the rest of the knife are crucial, and often a deal maker, or breaker.
So, I'd like to see people post pics of the nicest natural materials they have seen, doesn't matter if you own the knife or not, if you have any pics of killer stag, ivory, pearl, whatever, on a custom knife, please post it/them.
I have lots of pics, but not nearly enough time right now to post them, so, I'll pick a few and get things going, hoping somebody will folow suit and the thread will continue and I hope maybe later tonight to get a chance to come back and post a few more. I'll just say quickly, that I'd put ivory at the top for me (Walrus at the very top), then Sambar stag, then very colorful black pearl, then, other pearls, then nice woods, yes, giraffe bone doesn't really make my list, for whatever reason, I can't bring myself to like it enough to buy a knife with it, but, I bet if a maker I liked used it and it looked really nice, I could be convinced.
So, the pics are pretty self-explanatory, with an exception.
This Hanson Handle is a fossil Walrus ivory artifact, it had been made and used by an ancient human, and recycled by Don into a tool once again, I find that rather compelling.
