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jokrswylde · Jul 22, 2005

Recently got this large wood inlay. I got it off ebay, and it was described as desert ironwood. It looks a little different from some other desert ironwoods that I have seen. I showed it to a guy at a knife shop and he said he had never seen desert ironwood with that many lines?? What do you guys think? It didn't have a card with it. Either way it is an awesome knife.

Roefisher · Jul 22, 2005

Difficult to say from that photograph, but I'll put my neck on the block and say that's not Desert Ironwood

It's more likely to be Bocote :footinmou ? :footinmou

Either way you have a cool knife

and that's what really matters !!

jokrswylde · Jul 22, 2005

It's hard to tell from the lighting in the photo, but it is not a dark wood...has almost a brownish/orange look. As I said, I love the knife regardless, it would just be interesting to know if it is ironwood or not (in case I need a matching mnandi!) Here is another pic

Senate · Jul 22, 2005

brownish/orange look...

could be cocobolo then...
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Aleko · Jul 22, 2005

It does look a little like Bocote in your pictures. But I also noticed that CRK's Desert Ironwood is lighter than what I'm used to, and it does look pretty close to Bocote, so it may very well be Desert Ironwood. Here's my a picture of my Desert Ironwood Large Classic, and it looks darker in this picture than it really is:

I'll try to find some pictures of both Bocote and Desert Ironwood taken under the same conditions and post them later.

jokrswylde · Jul 22, 2005

Maybe these larger pics will help the sebenzanistas solve this mystery. Sorry for the quality...I am new at this technology thing.

Aleko · Jul 22, 2005

Well, I don't have any pictures of just knives alone, but here are a couple that have both knives in them, under the same light and angle... The first one has Bocote Sebenza, and the second one Desert Ironwood. Bocote is a little lighter and has more contrast, while DI is more brown-ish and looks more "solid".

Bocote:

Desert Ironwood:

jokrswylde · Jul 22, 2005

Aleko said:
Well, I don't have any pictures of just knives alone, but here are a couple that have both knives in them, under the same light and angle... The first one has Bocote Sebenza, and the second one Desert Ironwood. Bocote is a little lighter and has more contrast, while DI is more brown-ish and looks more "solid".

Bocote:

Desert Ironwood:

It definitely looks more like the second....but the lines in the wood are fairly straight and parallel. Don't know if that means anything or not.

Scott Dog · Jul 23, 2005

I'll put my vote in and say it's ironwood.

Walking Man · Jul 23, 2005

Doesn't it say what the wood is on the birth certificate?

jokrswylde · Jul 25, 2005

It didn't have a birth certificate when I bought it.

dfarmerknives · Jul 25, 2005

The more I look at it, I lean to cocobolo.

dannyv · Jul 25, 2005

Who cares ! You like it, don't you?

trane fan · Jul 25, 2005

Very nice Sebbie and the .45's aren't bad looking either.

jokrswylde · Jul 26, 2005

Yeah I love the knife...just curious since it did not have the birth certificate and was sold to me as desert ironwood.