Mnandi: My latest Obsession

Looking forward to "whole collection" day on the 18th! :D
 
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I agree completely. The old nick is light years above the new in both form and function. I really wonder the reason for switching. I will only ever buy Mnandis with the old nail nick (...)
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Glad I'm not the only one to think so! I didn't know about the 'new style' nail nick when I bought mine. Not a huge deal since I like traditionals, but I certainly would have thought twice before buying once... :D

-Brett
 
Yeah, I just cannot for the life of me figure why CRK would make a knife harder to open. Very strange. I'm mastering the two finger single hand opening. I have the cuts to prove it.

timberweasel said:
Glad I'm not the only one to think so! I didn't know about the 'new style' nail nick when I bought mine. Not a huge deal since I like traditionals, but I certainly would have thought twice before buying once... :D

-Brett
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Expected arrival of this by Saturday.......It wasn't my first choice....but I didn't know I was getting it until my first choice "flaked". Ready for the story of the one I DIDN'T get :) Priceless! The seller was penny wise and $10 dollars foolish. I think I may be better off ;)



honduran_rose by accutronman, on Flickr
 
Eric ... you dun good for that not being your first choice. Great looking Honduran Rosewood. Like the highly contrasting coloring.
 
Here are some better shots of my most current Box Elder...had to use Neil's pics, he is able to capture all the beauty:
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Very Nice Big_E, I find myself staring at it and thinking how beautiful the complexity of that wood is. It feels like a window into deep space, Awesome Score.
 
lisantica said:
Here are some better shots of my most current Box Elder...had to use Neil's pics, he is able to capture all the beauty:
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There was some Box Elder brought into CRK from near their location (same state). CRK made a batch of the Box Elders out of it. I know a few of us on this thread ended up with knives made from that wood. I'm pretty sure yours is one of the ones made from that same batch. Sure as heck looks like it.
 
Lisa, on the clip side just a little bit down, I see a dog (I must be losing it) , if you look you'll see two eyes, the ear and a nose of a terrier. It's another one of those complex beauties that I can stare at all day, like Big_E's .Most Excellent Score, Congrats.
 
dinokay said:
Very Nice Big_E, I find myself staring at it and thinking how beautiful the complexity of that wood is. It feels like a window into deep space, Awesome Score.
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Thank you!...It looks like one of my dad's abstract paintings...LOL
 
Big_E said:
There was some Box Elder brought into CRK from near their location (same state). CRK made a batch of the Box Elders out of it. I know a few of us on this thread ended up with knives made from that wood. I'm pretty sure yours is one of the ones made from that same batch. Sure as heck looks like it.
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Cool, I hope so!

dinokay said:
Lisa, on the clip side just a little bit down, I see a dog (I must be losing it) , if you look you'll see two eyes, the ear and a nose of a terrier. It's another one of those complex beauties that I can stare at all day, like Big_E's .Most Excellent Score, Congrats.
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Oh my, I see it too now!!!!!!
 
My lignum came back from the spa today all happy and shiny. Here's a pic for those of you who were wondering what the green hue of lignum looks like...





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Big_E said:
Expected arrival of this by Saturday.......It wasn't my first choice....but I didn't know I was getting it until my first choice "flaked". Ready for the story of the one I DIDN'T get :) Priceless! The seller was penny wise and $10 dollars foolish. I think I may be better off ;)
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Wow, you got a nice one! The grain on that one looks a lot like my lefty. :thumbup:



lisantica said:
Here are some better shots of my most current Box Elder...had to use Neil's pics, he is able to capture all the beauty:
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Nice, Lisa! Where did you get this one?
 
lisantica said:
Here are some better shots of my most current Box Elder...had to use Neil's pics
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Dagnabit! So you got that one!!!!! I should have known. By the time I saw it ...... it was history. And ..... I check his site daily ..... if not more often!!! I thought I had seen some nice BE in the past ..... but this one is, by far, the best example in my opinion! A big CONTRATS!
 
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