Handles?

[JK Knives]

If anyone would like to post pictures of their JK knives showing the various handle choices, it would be appreciated. Be sure to mention what material it is!

 

[KYenglish]

green micarta


black micarta



maple burl


zircote



walnut


ebony

 

[JK Knives]

No coco bolo, I'd just as soon rather not go to the ER!

 

[KYenglish]

fair enough

 

[slg98]

Olivewood

California Buckeye Burl

 

[heefageLA]

Heres what ill have in my pocket for a few years to come.
Sorry for the crappy lighting.


Bocote !
The contrast between the dark and light bands in this wood are really awesome in person.

 

[rdrogers]

Maple burl.



Osage orange.

 

[rdrogers]

Tan micarta.

 

[BTW]

Olivewood

What would this beautiful knife be called?[emoji33]

 

[mqqn]

Garolite (Bakelite) -

Showing the red micarta liners -

best

mqqn

 

[JK Knives]

Olivewood

What would this beautiful knife be called?[emoji33]

That's the Appalachia Special. I make them on order from RGrizzleLeather exclusively. Orders are placed through him.

 

[LukeTheSpook]

Those maple burl knives are amazing.

 

[B JACKSON]

Zircote
On JK Improved Bowie
The hatchet is stacked dead cow skin discs
The pocket knife is unknown, perhaps delrin

 

[JK Knives]

John!!! Help me out, is this bocote or zircote?




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Zircote

 

[B JACKSON]

Hanna's Hope in Yellow G10 with black














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View attachment 574715liner (John does not care to work with G10 any longer)

 

[YoungCurmudgeon]

Ironwood


Maple Burl


Black Canvas

 

[mqqn]

Hey John - was I the only one that liked Snakewood?

I have not seen much press on the awesome Protourist designs, the Cutlass -

and the Galley Wag -

These live in my kitchen block, next to my modified wharncliffe, chef's knife and now my Crooked Creek (Thanks Cooper!)

Awesome-sauce!

One other handle material that John offers, and that is a very stable and hard wood is Amendoin, shown here on my LRK+ with KYenglish lanyard.

I'll end this with the surprisingly not-mentioned Torched Oak - which I think John does better than anyone - shown here on my Protourist Design Rule #9 -

If I had unlimited funds, I would get one of every design that my friends designed, Mykel, Outdoorsfan, Cooper, Mack, jds1, rockywolf, pitdog etc in Torched Oak.

best

mqqn

 

[333_okh]

California redwood 'fire burl'

Basically, in the 1800s they would buck the sections with bunions and burls off and leave then in the woods, but before removing the other logs they would burn the forest. On rare occasions the fire would boil the sugary sap inside and create a caramelization process that when ages feels like stabilized wood. Smells like red roses to me. I used to sell this stuff to wood turners. I saved just enough for JK to do a boot knife for me out of the Element 01 with turquoise liners.....

Love the knife John.

 

[RGrizzleLeather]

Most of the handle material I have has already been posted but here is a Mini Appalachia in Bloodwood that I sold a good while back.

Here is the very first Appalachia Special ever made in Tiger Maple.

 

[JK Knives]

Getting a nice selection here!