Handle Material - What's On Your Customs?

Win Heger

Win Heger

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Started to photo a couple of knives and started to think about all the different handle materials I have on my custom knives. How about a list of yours? I think I'm way too eclectic.

Win

A couple of unidentified woods
Ebony
Snakewood
Curly Ash - sold
Ironwood
Wenge Wood
Stag
Micarta
Carbon Fiber
G10
Mammoth Ivory
Preban Ivory
Walrus Tooth
Sheephorn
Tortoise
Cord Wrapped
Buffalo Horn
MOP
Black Lip Pearl
Jigged Bone - Don't want Raj sending me any bones!
Titanium
Mammoth Tooth
 
That is a good question! I have:
Mark Nelson micarta
Black micarta
Many titanium handled knives
Blue G-10
Silver G-10
Black G-10
 
Hi Win,

I'll play:

Baltic Amber
Blue Amber
Tigers Eye
Lavender Jade
Black Jade
Green Jade
White Jade
Fossil Dino Bone
Hematite
Lapis Lazuli
Jasper
Smokey Topaz
Snowflake Obsidian
Marble
Gold Lip Pearl
Paua Shell
550 Cord
Same (ray skin)
Ring Gidgee
Eucalipitis
English Walnut
California Buckeye Burl
Madrone Burl
Abalone
Cocobolo
Mesquite
Osage Orange
Pink Ivory
Madagascar Ebony
Elk Antler
Bear Jaw
Impala horn
Cape Water Buffalo
Ibex horn
Dahl Sheep Horn
Big Horn Sheep Horn

Im sure there are some others I am forgetting.

WWG
 
Micarta
G10
Antelope horn
Impala bone
Impala horn
Cow bone
Cord wrapped
Titanium
STAG
MOP
Mammoth
Walrus
Bocote
Brazilian Rosewood(?)
California Buckeye Burl
Cocobolo
Curly Maple
Desert Ironwood
Ebony
Coolibah(Eucalyptus)
Snakewood
Walnut
Rubber(comp.cutter)
Undecided on wood for next incoming bowie,but maker tells me there's time. :D

Doug
 
Lots of beautiful Amber Stag and Lots of beautiful Walrus and Mammoth Ivory.
And a few select pieces of Ramshorn.
 
I am a big fan of Desert Ironwood, so I have 6 with Ironwood. here is the rest..

Cocobola
Persian Boca
Mandrone Burl
Stag
Bucote
Walnut
Cow Horn
Ivory
Ox Horn
Micarta
Birch
Elk Horn
Birds Eye Maple
Mother of Pearl
Jigged Bone
Moradillo
Ebony
California Buckeye Burl
Sheephorn
Paua Shell
Black Palm
Stabilized Maple
 
Sambar Stag
Desert Ironwood
African Blackwood
Ebony
Black Micarta
Ring Gidgee
Black Walnut
Afazalia Burl
Sheoak Burl
Redwood Burl
Buckeye Burl
Madrone Burl
Maple Burl
Curly Maple
Elephant Ivory
Walrus Ivory
Mammoth Ivory*

* Coming soon
 
Gees, it apears I'm quite conservitive in my handle materials.;)
All good stuff and a good thread Win.:thumbup:
 
One with amboyna burl, one with cocobolo, one with spalted birch burl, five with stag, one with leather spacers, one with mammoth tooth and two with ancient walrus ivory. I have one coming soon that will have mammoth ivory.
 
Hi Win,nice thread.Lots of nice handle materials and ONE not so nice.That is the" PICK BONE",that you have.You should have told me you like picked bone for your custom knives.Next time I pick a rib bone/steak bone clean,I will mail it out to you and you can put it on another one of your knives:D :D .
To be true to the topic:
Sambar stag
Sambar stag
Sambar stag
Can there be another handle material for a really nice custom knife?:)
 
Sambar
Ivory
Utica Brown Jigged Bone
Dark Antique Green Jigged Bone

I have simple, traditional tastes. :cool:
 
Raj said:
Hi Win,nice thread.Lots of nice handle materials and ONE not so nice.That is the" PICK BONE",that you have.You should have told me you like picked bone for your custom knives.Next time I pick a rib bone/steak bone clean,I will mail it out to you and you can put it on another one of your knives:D :D .
To be true to the topic:
Sambar stag
Sambar stag
Sambar stag
Can there be another handle material for a really nice custom knife?:)
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Raj,

When you are right, you are right. :thumbup:

P
 
Synthetics:
Black carbon fiber
Black/red carbon fiber
Black G-10
Silver Twill G-10
Green/Black G-10
Black Micarta
Ivory Micarta
Lexan
Tortoise Celluloid

Natural Materials:
Afzalia Lay
African Blackwood
Black Palm
Bocote
California Buckeye
Buffalo Horn
Curly Koa
Gemsbok Horn
Kudu Horn
Cocobolo
Elk Antler
Oosik
Sambar Stag
Copper/Silver mokume gane'
Desert Ironwood
Ebony
Kingwood
Ring Gidgee
Rosewood
Snakewood
Walnut
Black Mother of Pearl
White Mother of Pearl
Yellow Mother of Pearl
Honoki wood/Silk Cord/Ray skin
Mammoth Ivory
Red Coral

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
 
Maple, maple.......oh, yes, and maple.....lol.....I have a few Maryland knives....nuff said
walnut
ebony
blackwood
ironwood
stag
sheep horn
micarta
walrus ivory
rosewood
black locust
G10......Ed Caffrey EDK.......it's my every day knife, so you can't revoke my membership to Knife Snobs Anonymous
bone stippled with a graver........one of Jerry Fisk's "mad scientist" moments
 
Kevin Jones said:
Yes, every kind of handle material know to man listed here except OF COURSE GIRAFFE BONE. :eek:

Dang, that Giraffe bone don't get no respect on this forum. :confused: :D :D
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That's because it, generally speaking, sucks.:eek: :eek: :eek: :D :D :D

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
 
Nobody go any of that walrus wang on their knives?:eek:
 
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