Chittum Wood Necker

blgoode

blgoode

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Made this for a good man here in the forums. I'll let him explain the significance of the wood. Hope these cell phone pics do it decent representation. Flow of the wood is nice :)

D2 stock/Chittum wood/Black Liner

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Finished the wood with young oil/ steel whool and buffed by hand with napkin :)
 
Owner reporting in. :)

Chittum only grows in two places in the world---Huntsville, AL as you said, and the Mesopotamian regions. Supposedly it was the wood used by Noah to build the Ark. Interesting fact about it---it seemingly takes absolutely forever to rot. They've found pieces of it as furniture buried under thousands of years of sediment and while the pieces aren't intact of course, they haven't broken down significantly either. Also, it's extremely strong for its weight. Neat stuff and hard to get---Brian had to scrounge for this chunk, and I very much appreciate it. :thumbup:
 
Love how the grain accents the flow of the knife. Looks a lot like Osage. Nice piece.

Jerry Fisher
 
grain flows with lines of the blade, exellent over all finish work.
 
thanks guys!!! I think I am going to modify this pattern to be a Whitetail knife :)
 
I had no idea Chittum could look this good!!! You've just given me all kinds of ideas cause that stuff grows good around here in fact my parents have a growing Chittum tree in their back yard and my dad used to harvest bark off Chittum trees as a teenager to make some extra cash as it's a main ingredient in laxatives even to this day. Very excellent knife good job!!
 
Chittum sound (and looks a bit) like huon pine. They reckon some of the trees in Tasmania or over a thousand years old. Apparently it has some nifty oil in it and they can pull logs out of lakes/rivers that are who knows how old. Not to mention it's acoustic properties.

btw. Nice knife :D.
 
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