Buck 112 segua wood

bertl said:
Common names cause a lot of confusion—the same common name is sometimes used for several different species. Bubinga, also called African rosewood, may be any of three species of Guibourtia (but none of them ehie). Back in the days when I made furniture for a living, Bubinga was one of my favorites. It isn't impossible to get right now, but that day may be coming.

Bert
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Bubinga........wonderful name.

I'll have to see if I can dig up my Bubinga 112 for a picture.

It does seem that this has turned into a nice picture thread.

You know........it's just too bad that Buck never made a Bubinga Kalinga!!!

Talk about poetic.
 
Here it is.......I lucked out and found it almost immediately.

My only Bubinga Shedua Seegoowah and it's a Goodinga.

I love the old ones. There's something appealing about soft lines on hard steel.

I think I found this one at a farm auction. So cheap. I don't think anyone there knew anything about Buck knives.

I bid $5 to start it and the bidding stalled quickly at $8. Which makes me wonder what they'll get for my knives when I kick the bucket.

Oh well.......not my problem. :)

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Sure looks like Shedua to me - and a great candidate for spa treatment. Nice.

mqqn
 
mqqn said:
Sure looks like Shedua to me - and a great candidate for spa treatment. Nice.

mqqn
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I do send some in for spa treatment........but this one had character that I didn't want to lose.

An old farm knife........somehow, making it look new seemed wrong.

:)
 
Der Verminator said:
I do send some in for spa treatment........but this one had character that I didn't want to lose.

An old farm knife........somehow, making it look new seemed wrong.

:)
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I can totally appreciate that thinking -

Thanks for the picture -

best

mqqn
 
Both knives have really odd wood that could be Shedua.

The real interesting part of the comparison is the question of why one would be that much thinner than the other.

Maybe it was worked over by a talented knife-mangler?

Are they both Three-liners?
 
The pins look right..not sanded down. On early 112's I've noticed slight differences in handle thickness almost as if the wood swelled slightly. And even on NIB 112's some of the early ones look like they have a slightly radiused front bolster. I think it's because of the hand work knives from that era received. I've seen really lite colored ebony with just slight darker streaks that look like Shedua so much I can't tell the difference but ones that I'm pretty sure of have a iridescence and a shimmer Ebony dosen't have. Also a tight grain pattern.
 
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Nice looking knives.
Is that the same as shedua wood?

I've never been a fan of the mystery labels used to describe wood types, including all the laminates that are used....... just too confusing.

You put a solid wood handle like that, or what is used on the ebony, or the walnut scales on the 55, and you have a beautiful knife.

Very nice.
Thanks for sharing those.
 
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