I must say I have considered this very same Benchmade. Looks classy and by no doubts it is a quality knife. I truly have no idea if the wood in my Boker is stabilized or not. I may try to look for it and post a picture. True to be told, the scales seem to be only mechanically attached to the liners... and I wonder if having the wood permanently glued to the liners would add significant strength to the metal-wood combo. Unless the different termal expansion coeff. between the two materials ruins the bond or cracks the wood as well when exposed to severe changes in temp.
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I must say I have considered this very same Benchmade. Looks classy and by no doubts it is a quality knife. I truly have no idea if the wood in my Boker is stabilized or not. I may try to look for it and post a picture. True to be told, the scales seem to be only mechanically attached to the liners... and I wonder if having the wood permanently glued to the liners would add significant strength to the metal-wood combo. Unless the different termal expansion coeff. between the two materials ruins the bond or cracks the wood as well when exposed to severe changes in temp.
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Here's a real favorite--my Wilson Combat Extreme Lite Carry in Bohler N690C steel with sweet cocobolo scales in Fox's excellent iteration of WC's starburst grip design. I bought this knife on a family vacation to Barcelona at Ganiveteria Roca--a beautiful old-school cutlery shop in the Placa del Pi. As such, it's a sentimental favorite aside from being a damn fine knife. I'm a big fan of the starburst grips and have WC's CRK StarTac and Les George Eagle as well.
Really nice cocobolo on this one with a subtle dark/light streaking running counter to the starburst milling of the scales.
Really nice cocobolo on this one with a subtle dark/light streaking running counter to the starburst milling of the scales.
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Here's a real favorite--my Wilson Combat Extreme Lite Carry in Bohler N690C steel with sweet cocobolo scales in Fox's excellent iteration of WC's starburst grip design. I bought this knife on a family vacation to Barcelona at Ganiveteria Roca--a beautiful old-school cutlery shop in the Placa del Pi. As such, it's a sentimental favorite aside from being a damn fine knife. I'm a big fan of the starburst grips and have WC's CRK StarTac and Les George Eagle as well.
Really nice cocobolo on this one with a subtle dark/light streaking running counter to the starburst milling of the scales.
What a beauty!
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I have always had a fondness of osage
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