Got wood? Part Deux.

[Shaw Blades]

 

[J. Doyle]

I know Koa has been shown a bunch, but here's one I wanted to add to this thread. Gotta love good Koa!

 

[C_Claycomb]

Hmmmmm Wood porn!

Spalted curly birch




Curly redwood





Pomelle Bubinga


Masur Birch


Two kinds of maple

 

[sceva]

Geno Denning (Caveman Engineering) knifes

A Caribou in nice Dessert Ironwood

A GM in rather straight grained Dessert Ironwood - This knife is special to me as it was the first made to order knife I ever bought.

Not wood but a Mini GM in stag. Also special - this is the first Mini GM Geno made.

 

[Doug C]

Adding one of the Joe Paranee/Nick Wheeler Fighting Bowies, this one in Ironwood burl.

Leather by Paul.

Doug

 

[naturalist]

Not a knife . But i think it deserved to be here.
The longbow is not mine. Its belong to the wife of the bowmaker, Pieter Biebel. He has been hold as 2nd master archer in Germany few years ago, lives not far from Munich.
He allowed me to take picture of his work, and allowed me to stay at his house even treat me for a very nice dinner. He showed to me one of the best of his craftsmanship made from wood from my country, Maccasar Ebony.

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[CaptainPicardX]

love those bowie..esp wheelers

 

[Infamous.blades]

Just to show my three hard friends - Buloke and Lignum Vitae

 

[parfums95]

A lot of beauty , thanks

SAM,

Scott

Sam



Eric,




Adam D.

 

[parfums95]

Sam

 

[Horsewright]

The wife's roundknife I made her:

 

[parfums95]

You'll be forgiven if you don't recall part one - as it was a question I posed to the forum a decade ago in an attempt to get some idea of which woods were most favored by forum members.

This is a different take, however. Recent postings from Buddy Thomason on this Fisk bowie with a stunning (not to mention historic!) Chestnut handle:

And by STeven of his lovely Zowada puuko withe fiery Redwood burl:

.... have called to mind why wood remains my fave of all handle materials. Endless variety in colour and figure, and easily shaped to whatever design fits the aesthetic and ergonomic ideals of the maker.

So I'd like to see some examples of what YOU think are really FIRST RATE examples of wood in a knife application (sounds like a category for the Oscars - and I might actually watch if it were!)

Doesn't need to be your knife. Doesn't need to be a fancy knife. Just needs to be your idea of some awesome wood.

Here are a few of mine:

Poplar on a Lurquin Tsavo:

Feather crotch walnut that was used on the Mojo camp knife made by Dan, Matt and myself:

Koa on a David Wesner takedown camp knife:

And on a Stuart Branson bowie:

Let's see some of yours, please!

I worship the Dan Farr knives , shame we only see very rarely ,I'd loved that report that you did with Mathew .Thanks Roger

 

[jdm61]

Honduran rosewood burl
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Koa and horn
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Amboyna. an OLD one
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Maple. Another old one

Redwood burl

 

[RogerP]

A lot of beauty , thanks

SAM,

Two GREAT examples of why I LOVE premium wood as a handle material.

 

[canineforge]

Harvey Dean curly maple.

Sam Lurquin ironwood.

Jason Knight koa.

Sam Lurquin tiger maple. (Sam stated he added black dye to and polished this 5 separate times to get this look.)

- Joe

 

[Augus7us]

A lot of really nice stuff in this thread and I'll spare you all my comments on the 100 or so that really stand out to me. That said I have to know what kind of spalted wood this is? This piece is just amazing!

SAM,

 

[JackHammer]

Afzelia xylay.

 

[RogerP]

Joe - I love that old school Dean camp knife.

 

[Burl Source]

Ancient Bog Oak - Milan Mozolic

 

[canineforge]

Joe - I love that old school Dean camp knife.

Thanks Roger. Those were the type knives that really piqued my interest in customs about a decade ago. Have always loved a good quality camp knife.

Off to Lin Rhea's thread.

- Joe