look at this wood, ya?

r8shell

r8shell

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It was early evening about a week ago when I reached into my pocket for my knife (A Boker Whittler in Thuya Wood) and I got that sickening feeling. It wasn't there. Of course I looked all around the house, in the couch cushions, all the usual places one might lose a knife. It wasn't there. I mentally retraced my steps since I'd last seen it, and realized it must have fallen out of my pocket that afternoon when I'd been sitting in the yard,enjoying the early spring weather, playing with the cat. I looked in the grass, but I just couldn't find it. All week I've been keeping an eye out for it whenever I go out there, hoping I'll see it. I was especially upset that we have had two pretty good rainstorms since I lost it.


Well I had a stroke of luck this morning. I walked out to pick up the newspaper, and as I bent down, something caught my eye. It was my Boker half buried in the mud. I picked it up, hoping it wasn't too rusted from its time out in the elements. As I brushed the dirt off of it, I saw something incredible.






Now, I don't know a lot about how wood is treated for knife handles, but I assumed that if it isn't stabilized with resins, it is at least properly dried and aged to avoid warping or splitting. Even if the wood is a bit "green" I didn't think it was possible for it to sprout. Should I contact Boker and ask? I'm sure leaving it out in the rain voids the warranty. Has anyone else ever had this happen to their wood handled knives? What sort of wood was it?
 
When the conditions are just right this is a well known phenomenon, however, its very rarely seen more than one day per year :D
 
Truly a wonder of nature lol. Maybe it will grow into a tree and sprout a whole bunch of Bokers!
 
That is hilarious, thanks for making me laugh today!
 
Absolutely fantastic, well done :thumbup:
 
That there knife must have been exposed to a lot of "fertilizer". I'm guessing of the male bovine excrement type. :D
 
My parents always told me that money didn't grow on trees. But, it's nice to know that Bokers do.

Alan
 
Clip the vegetation, steep it in a tea, drink it, and then see how much you hallucinate. If you like what you see, bury the knife again!
 
Beautiful knife. In the summer it will flower and bear fruit. :thumbup:

Your post is a nice diversion from the troubling news of the Taylor Brands buyout of Great Eastern Cutlery.
 
:thumbup: I'm glad this did not happen to my parent's house, as it was 70% made of wood. :eek:
But me think that if you can wait until tomorrow, things will be back in order.
One last word, be careful not to drop it in the water, could be swallowed by a whale (and I'd call you Jonah!)! :D

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Your post is a nice diversion from the troubling news of the Taylor Brands buyout of Great Eastern Cutlery.
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At least they will cut like a Rough Rider! ;)
 
I had the same thing happen with an old ebony Ulster lockback. I just cleaned it up a little and let nature take its course. My concern that it would interfere with the locking mechanism was unfounded. Tricky gripping it for certain cuts, but that's a minor annoyance given the beauty that nature has bestowed upon this old knife. I admit trimming it from time to time.

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r8shell showing off a pair of Bokers she planted awhile back.
Great little knives, notice the sunken joints.
 
I lost a Case once with peach seed jigging. Now I have a peach tree in my yard that produces about a case of peaches a year.
 
Funny you should mention it, I dropped this bone-handled Case knife in a cow pie a while back (pretty gross, I know). Got it cleaned off real good, set it aside and didn't think much of it, but a couple weeks later, I went to pick it up and it had sprouted a hoof! :eek:

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