Knife Makers - Please show your favorite knife you've made with a fancy wood handle.

[Russ Andrews]

A favorite.....crotch Black Walnut...

 

[Russ Andrews]

Ironwood Burl.....

 

[Russ Andrews]

Amboyna burl...

 

[Gossman Knives]

This one has cocobolo and walnut burl.

My favorite, desert ironwood.

 

[P. McKinley]

By gosh there are some fine knives in this thread!

Mark - Thank You!!

Here's another of my favorite woods:
The handles on the knife, fire steel, and striker are Red Maple burl, as is the inlay in the "Waterfall" Bubinga sheath.

 

[Gary Mulkey]

Box Elder burl stabilized blue & black ash burl stabilized red w/star shaped mosaic pins.

Gary

 

[Phillip Dobson]

Hot of the grinder. Stabilized amboyna burl. It's my new favorite (maybe just because it's new).

Phillip

 

[Fiddleback]

Nice thread. Y'all are talented.

 

[Hmathews]

I love the looks of snakewood.

 

[brokenspearpoint]

Here is one with a nice piece of Afzelia. Wish I had more of it.

 

[Allen Newberry]

I made this one with some redwood burl that was cut in the 40's. (And yes I did get it from Burl Source.) It has been donated to be raffled off at next years Arkansas Custom Knife Show.

 

[Burl Source]

Thank You everyone who has posted photos so far. Those are some great looking knives. Hopefully we will see some more. I have to be careful I don't spend too much time looking at the photos and get some work done. I don't know about you guys, but I am really enjoying this thread.
Thanks again, Mark

 

[CUTS LIKE A KRIS]

Here is the only wood handled I've made this year- Stabilized Bloodwood- I was surprised at the warmth and depth of the chatoyance within.

Only a year old is this one, the best picture I've ever taken (curly maple and green g10):

I'm nowhere near the levels of many here, but I was especially proud of how the curly maple one turned out, and the Bloodwood was given at a wedding this weekend.
It is funny as I love wood handles, but own few and make few as well- that will have to change in the future!

 

[Matthew Gregory]

Perhaps my all time favorite knife - made over a sleepless long weekend with Dan Farr and Matt Gregory:

Roger

Was that only one weekend? It kind of felt like an eternity... How the heck we knocked that out over 72 hours I will NEVER understand. We should try it again - I wonder if it'd be any easier now?

Not my knife, but for my nickel, this one by Dan Farr's got to be considered:

 

[Matthew Gregory]

Of my own blades, these two stand out:

Amboyna:

Tamboti:

 

[Matthew Gregory]

Here's another of my favorite woods:
The handles on the knife, fire steel, and striker are Red Maple burl, as is the inlay in the "Waterfall" Bubinga sheath.

Wow, you've got a lot going on in this piece - nice work!

 

[P. McKinley]

Thank you Matt!
I love the look of the Tamboti wood on that second knife. It looks like there's some subtle figure in there. Handsome wood..... handsome knife!

 

[lwrhea]

I like this peice of Ironwood. I would not call it burly as much as marbled. Lin

 

[Burl Source]

That marbled ironwood looks great. But... the way you shaped and finished the handle anything would have looked good. Beautiful knife!

 

[RogerP]

That marbled ironwood looks great. But... the way you shaped and finished the handle anything would have looked good. Beautiful knife!

Agreed on all points. :thumbup:

Roger