The BladeForums.com 2024 Traditional Knife is ready to order! See this thread for details:
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/bladeforums-2024-traditional-knife.2003187/
Price is $300 $250 ea (shipped within CONUS). If you live outside the US, I will contact you after your order for extra shipping charges.
Order here: https://www.bladeforums.com/help/2024-traditional/ - Order as many as you like, we have plenty.
Is that 5th photo down an Element?
Looks like one but the downward swept handle is throwing me off.
I think this is much better for my handle page, all I need is a picture of teak.
http://www.jkhandmadeknives.com/apps/photos/album?albumid=3360945
Greenheart was also a popular alternative to split cane (Bamboo) in high grade fly rods in the pre-fiberglass days. Been trying to talk a friend out of his Orvis greenheart rod but he is being rather exclusive with it $$$$$$$!
So I live where we have plenty of California Buckeye trees and most have burls. I just cannot get used to the wood. It is a persona thing. Looks dirty. Then I see these scales and over pay for them because they are straw yellows and black and grey and fiddleback....and buckeye.
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If I had it to do all over again these would be on my JK knife not the burl redwood...maybe I need another JK???
If I had it to do all over again these would be on my JK knife not the burl redwood...maybe I need another JK???
That's really unusual looking wood.