In praise of ebony: Traditional knives in the prince of wood

My newest Ebony :)

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Most sleek Ron! Fantastic compact size, I hope to be able to get one of those LBs but probably bone, yet stag beckons too:D

Regards, Will
 
Will, thanks for your kind comments. These are very sleek and somewhat smaller than I normally carry :)
As the covers go, there is really not a bad choice in the lot :thumbup:
 
SAK Guy, I love your Russell fixed blades! What's the blade/overall length on those?

D.B Cooper said:
Tidioute Maverick stockman. This is one of my favorite patterns, doesn't seem to get much attention around here.
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I really like the 62 pattern and have a couple of Courthouse Whittlers. Just never pulled the trigger on the Maverick. I should.


Jeff, it's always fun to find a great deal. Congrats on your IRJ!

Charles, beautiful knives and great pictures as usual. Thanks for showing.

Congrats, Ron. She's a beauty... I may have to pull the trigger on an 83 :)
 
My Grandfather have me this Buck 112 on a trip to Michigan's Upper Peninsula back when Smelt dipping still yielded a decent haul off fish in a night.

I had a great trip and this knife has spent the past 20 years with me. I gutted my first deer with it, countless squirrel, rabbit, and timberdoodle, learned how to sharpen on it, and had many an adventure with it. I look forward to giving it to one of my kids someday. It's a 3-dot Ebony and still in incredible shape.

 
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I noticed a bit back that I didn't have a single ebony in my collection. I remedied this problem with the Beer Scout Knife run.

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Buzzbait said:
I noticed a bit back that I didn't have a single ebony in my collection. I remedied this problem with the Beer Scout Knife run.

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That is actually quite surprising! My first 5 or so traditionals were all Ebony. A decent amount of my collection is still made up of Ebony. It took some convincing to get me to buy my first Bone.

That one looks awesome, the Ebony and steel knives always have sick great contrast.
 
Macchina said:
That is actually quite surprising! My first 5 or so traditionals were all Ebony. A decent amount of my collection is still made up of Ebony. It took some convincing to get me to buy my first Bone.

That one looks awesome, the Ebony and steel knives always have sick great contrast.
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I'm just the opposite. I have tons of jigged bone in my slipjoint collection, and only two with wood covers. I definitely need to work on balancing things out.
 
A recent arrival, and greatly liked. The Spear version suits the frame very well I think.

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A photo that I posted before. The 83 was bought as a present, but I still have the 66, 62, and the 99. The 99 is well used.

 
The Prince of Wood indeed :) Nice to see this thread pop up. Don't think I've posted my Todd Davison here :thumbup:



 
Nice to see this thread again especially with the ebony presented today. Three of them might be considered grail for me.
Thanks for sharing 'em gentlemen!
I do like ebony...
 
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