Crazy ebony

[JOE NOWICKI]

50% that is quite high a percentage, so it is not just a custom shop delicacy.I believe I read someone posted that. I'm glad I have my black ebony 2019, standard and FG. Thing is I have many early macassar ebony. I don't get that excited about crelicam ebony.

 

[jbmonkey]

Normal Production 110s can have up to 50% blonde streaks. happy hunting...

good news to me, Sir. thanks for the heads up. I'm gonna hunt for some as I really like that variations in ebony colors myself.

110 autos in ebony with blond streaks as well?

 

[st8yd]

that's a nice on there Sir. I know ya like drop points so guessing ya didnt pick it up.

Nope.

 

[st8yd]

Quote "110 autos in ebony with blond streaks as well?"

I would imagine its like times past they pick up whatever is next in the box.

 

[J Hubbard]

good news to me, Sir. thanks for the heads up. I'm gonna hunt for some as I really like that variations in ebony colors myself.

110 autos in ebony with blond streaks as well?

Thinking about how we buy and then route these through our system, it is likely that Autos will, but probably not as often. Let me look into it further..

 

[Brhowser87]

Normal Production 110s can have up to 50% blonde streaks. happy hunting...

That's wrong on so many levels. Can't I just send you the one I just bought and you send me a blonde streaky one. Please please please....

Just throwing it out there...... Anybody gets a streaky one and doesn't want it I will send you my almost black ebony that's dead center and no play in exchange. (It's brand new and won't be used anytime soon)

 

[Makael]

50% that is quite high a percentage, so it is not just a custom shop delicacy.I believe I read someone posted that. I'm glad I have my black ebony 2019, standard and FG. Thing is I have many early macassar ebony. I don't get that excited about crelicam ebony.

I posted it as I understood it M.

 

[Fixall]

Normal Production 110s can have up to 50% blonde streaks. happy hunting...

Any chance you could clarify the species of ebony used on the standard production 110? From what I've read, you use Crelicam ebony which is typically Gaboon/African Ebony (Diospyros Crassiflora)... Which definitely looks to be the case on my 110 and BotM 112.

However, some of the 110s I've seen almost look like they are using Macassar Ebony (Diospyros Celebica) like on the May BotM (I understand that like all ebony, Gabon/West African Ebony can have blonde streaks). It's not so much the blonde streaks that have me wondering, but the pores. In my limited experience, most of the Gaboon I have has very tight pores, while the pores on the Macassar Ebony have been longer, larger, and there are many more of them.

Here's a Macassar (top) vs Gaboon block I have on hand.

I sure wish Mun Ebony wasn't so scarce. That's a wood I'd really love to see on a Buck.

 

[BuckShack]

I believe I read it's grown in Cameroon which is near Gaboon and to eliminate the evils that go with such desired materials it is grown under supervision and the entire tree is used, not just the very dark center. This along with the changing perception that Ebony must always be completely black, we will hopefully always have Ebony. I will take my Ebony with or without streaks.

 

[jec88]

I think this is a win win for Buck and collectors. Buck puts out a great product with variations that people will want to collect, all for only around $30. My only ebony so far is a 110 with a 2018 tang stamp that is solid black. I've never owned an automatic or even a spring assisted knife, so I'm looking at a 112 ebony auto.

 

[RevolverGuy]

I'm so glad Buck went back to ebony wood. Really like the examples you guys are showing off. I picked this one up at an Academy Sports recently and chose it because of the "swirly" grain pattern. Might be hard to tell in picture but it is a real neat thing to look at.

 

[J Hubbard]

Any chance you could clarify the species of ebony used on the standard production 110? From what I've read, you use Crelicam ebony which is typically Gaboon/West African Ebony (Diospyros Crassiflora)... Which definitely looks to be the case on my 110 and BotM 112.

However, some of the 110s I've seen almost look like they are using Macassar Ebony (Diospyros Celebica) like on the May BotM (I understand that like all ebony, Gabon/West African Ebony can have blonde streaks). It's not so much the blonde streaks that have me wondering, but the pores. In my limited experience, most of the Gaboon I have has very tight pores, while the pores on the Macassar Ebony have been longer, larger, and there are many more of them.

Here's a Macassar (top) vs Gaboon block I have on hand.

I sure wish Mun Ebony wasn't so scarce. That's a wood I'd really love to see on a Buck.

Everything we are using at this time is from Cameroon. Taylor refers to it as African Ebony.

 

[eveled]

Any chance you could clarify the species of ebony used on the standard production 110? From what I've read, you use Crelicam ebony which is typically Gaboon/West African Ebony (Diospyros Crassiflora)... Which definitely looks to be the case on my 110 and BotM 112.

However, some of the 110s I've seen almost look like they are using Macassar Ebony (Diospyros Celebica) like on the May BotM (I understand that like all ebony, Gabon/West African Ebony can have blonde streaks). It's not so much the blonde streaks that have me wondering, but the pores. In my limited experience, most of the Gaboon I have has very tight pores, while the pores on the Macassar Ebony have been longer, larger, and there are many more of them.

Here's a Macassar (top) vs Gaboon block I have on hand.

I sure wish Mun Ebony wasn't so scarce. That's a wood I'd really love to see on a Buck.

The tighter pores could be the difference between old slow growth and new fast growth timber.

 

[Fixall]

I believe I read it's grown in Cameroon which is near Gaboon and to eliminate the evils that go with such desired materials it is grown under supervision and the entire tree is used, not just the very dark center. This along with the changing perception that Ebony must always be completely black, we will hopefully always have Ebony. I will take my Ebony with or without streaks.

Yea, I had read that the ebony was from the Crelicam farm in Cameroon... I just wasn't sure if there was another ebony species that was harvested in Cameroon or not. I definitely appreciate both solid and streaked ebony.

I'm on the hunt for a nice, streaked 110 to go with my solid black 110 as we speak, lol.

Everything we are using at this time is from Cameroon. Taylor refers to it as African Ebony.

Cool. After reading up a bit more, it looks like only Gaboon Ebony (Diospyros Crassiflora) and Jackalberry (Diospyros Mespiliformis) are the only two species that are harvested in Cameroon on a regular basis and are called African Ebony. It most definitely isn't Jackalberry being used, so Gaboon it is!

The tighter pores could be the difference between old slow growth and new fast growth timber.

You know, I think you're on to something. The Gaboon ebony blocks and scales I have here were all harvested in the '70s and '80s. Wouldn't surprise me if they were cut from some older growth logs.

 

[J Hubbard]

Yea, I had read that the ebony was from the Crelicam farm in Cameroon... I just wasn't sure if there was another ebony species that was harvested in Cameroon or not. I definitely appreciate both solid and streaked ebony.

I'm on the hunt for a nice, streaked 110 to go with my solid black 110 as we speak, lol.



Cool. After reading up a bit more, it looks like only Gaboon Ebony (Diospyros Crassiflora) and Jackalberry (Diospyros Mespiliformis) are the only two species that are harvested in Cameroon on a regular basis and are called African Ebony. It most definitely isn't Jackalberry being used, so Gaboon it is!



You know, I think you're on to something. The Gaboon ebony blocks and scales I have here were all harvested in the '70s and '80s. Wouldn't surprise me if they were cut from some older growth logs.

Thanks.. Taught me a little more about the wood.

 

[lambertiana]

Any chance you could clarify the species of ebony used on the standard production 110?

When you go to the Crelicam website it explains it all. It is Gabon ebony. Historically, timber cutters would cut down ebony trees and look for solid black wood. Trees that were not solid black were left on the ground, and it sounds like that was the majority of the trees cut. The whole concept behind Crelicam (and Taylor's effort) is to get people to accept the striped, non-solid black gabon ebony so that there is a lot less waste.

 

[jbmonkey]

When you go to the Crelicam website it explains it all. It is Gabon ebony. Historically, timber cutters would cut down ebony trees and look for solid black wood. Trees that were not solid black were left on the ground, and it sounds like that was the majority of the trees cut. The whole concept behind Crelicam (and Taylor's effort) is to get people to accept the striped, non-solid black gabon ebony so that there is a lot less waste.

accepted it.......kinda prefer it, but all black is fine too.....

 

[JOE NOWICKI]

A while back the black piano keys were made from ebony. That could be what the main source was used for and all streaked ebony was rejected. I believe now they are man made.

 

[Makael]

I like both, the light vanilla color looks great.

 

[JOE NOWICKI]

The real enharmonics keys flats and sharps were made of pure ebony before 1960. The white keys were laminated ivory but since discontinued and are now made from ivorine a plastic made to look and feel like Ivory.