Ironwood or Ebony Scales How to Know?

[jftman]

I purchased this on the bay recognizing it to be a custom ordered knife from buck.
Trouble is no box no paperwork. Advertised as IRONWOOD and is a $47.00 option upgrade over ebony.

I don’t know however that these are ebony still. In which case I will return unopened to seller.
Any help with pics, good pics but still pics.
My sense says there is a grain difference and the customizer on bucks website helps, but these look better than ebony but not same as ironwood pictured on the Buck customizer.

I guess I should know better, experts here I am sure can explain how not to be ‘fooled’.

IronWood or Ebony? Link shows both sides vs Photo below, to see more wood! LOL

 

[pjsjr]

Looks like ironwood. More photos in different lighting conditions would help.

 

[ferider]

It’s not ebony for sure.

 

[jftman]

Thanks

 

[lambertiana]

Looks like ironwood. Take it out in direct sunlight to see if it exhibits any chatoyance.

 

[Tecate]

Looks like ironwood. Take it out in direct sunlight to see if it exhibits any chatoyance.

Thanks for forcing me to learn a new word today.

 

[Crag the Brewer]

Doesn't look like either to Me?
I'm not an expert, but I have both woods on knives....

 

[J Hubbard]

The grain on that certainly looks like Ironwood. It does not have graining like Ebony.

 

[DeSotoSky]

What Tecate said....

 

[jftman]

The grain on that certainly looks like Ironwood. It does not have graining like Ebony.

ThankYou Mr. Hubbard

 

[jb4570]

.	chatoyant- varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles; "changeable taffeta"; "chatoyant (or shot) silk"; "a dragonfly hovered, vibrating and iridescent" iridescent, shot, changeable colorful, colourful - having striking color; "colorful autumn leaves"

 

[jb4570]

Thank you Lambertiana,

I did not know the correct words to describe Ironwood. That one word hits the nail on the head for sure.

Now if the OP will take his knife into the sunlight and post the photos for all of us to enjoy. Can you do that for us jftman?

 

[jftman]

Thank you Lambertiana,

I did not know the correct words to describe Ironwood. That one word hits the nail on the head for sure.

Now if the OP will take his knife into the sunlight and post the photos for all of us to enjoy. Can you do that for us jftman?

Sure. It is still on the way. Happy to do so.

 

[TAH]

chatoyance.

Thanks for forcing me to learn a new word today.

Same here. First thing I thought of was Charles Bronson.

 

[IDhorace]

whoa, that's one I hadn't thought of in a long time

 

[tiguy7]

Ironwood can have a lot of faces. These are both Ironwood.View attachment 1676048

 

[jftman]

Nice.
interesting woods.

 

[jftman]

Sure. It is still on the way. Happy to do so.

Thank you Lambertiana,

I did not know the correct words to describe Ironwood. That one word hits the nail on the head for sure.

Now if the OP will take his knife into the sunlight and post the photos for all of us to enjoy. Can you do that for us jftman?

Knife has nice wood grain with some chatoyance to my eye in hand. A little hard though seeing in a pic.

https://imgur.com/a/FteqKmT

 

[lambertiana]

Definitely ironwood.

 

[lambertiana]

An interesting thing you see with ironwood is that the darker stripes are more wear resistant and stand out a little from the lighter stripes.