I got hard wood!!

[5.56]

Hehe

Finally scored a Lignum Vitae Mnandi.
Mnandi's are scarce right now, this one took awhile to find, but she's mine.

Lignum Vitae is the hardest of all trade woods, 4 times harder than Oak.

 

[BRO]

That is a very elegant looking knife. Very nice!

 

[lisantica]

I read a post where someone said that it's wood that will sink it's so heavy.
Congrats on that great score!

 

[rolexkid]

super knife! great grain pattern.....

 

[ZippoThisKnifeThat]

Congrats Rob!
I know you've been looking for a quite a while now and to see you've finally found and scored one is quite uplifting!

Now the question is....user and if so will it kick your skyline?? haha

 

[5.56]

It's in my pocket right now.

I'll probably remove the mnandi's clip and carry both!:thumbup:

 

[marthinus]

Congrats on the fine knife!

 

[richstag]

That is one nice looking knife! Nice pics too.

 

[Shrodinger's Cat]

nice score
there is just something so right about the lines of that design

 

[Haze]

That's a very nice Mnandi. :thumbup:

 

[divechief]

Sweet! I waited over a year for a raindrop Damascus Lignium Manandi. It is my EDC now and I love it. Lignium Vitea used to be used for the propeller shaft bearings on WWII vintage ships. A common question on the license exam that qualified me as a merchant marine officer was "what material is used for the shaft bearing" It's sweet to be able to handle it every day.

 

[red mag]

Great score - congrats.
Is it more to green or yellow, I can't tell from the pic.
TIA
red

 

[5.56]

Right now it's still leaning towards yellow. But I heard they develope green over time which is awesome.

I love the fact that this scale color changes with age.

 

[HotSwat]

That's a funny title.

 

[richstag]

I love the fact that this scale color changes with age.

Its alive ;-p, and I agree that is very cool!

 

[giant1]

Very nice little knife.

I know a lot of wood generally gets darker with use but never knew it could go greener