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[Casinostocks]

Just finished this up... figured you guys would like to take a peak! Matte black DLC on an EDC w/ the OD green scales looks fabulous together imho

I'm thinking about scoring an extra Utility Fighter when Nathan open the preorder on that pattern so that I could ask you to consider doing a special project on that (3rd) UF for me, please

 

[Dantone05]

 

[- SpyderMan -]

Great pic, Dantone05 !

 

[REK Knives]

Yeah that's an awesome shot!

 

[ni1s]

“C-grade” and moss.

 

[woodysone]

So much movement in the ironwood with only a small void in the knot, “C” grade seems a lot harsh, but it’s not my show.

 

[ni1s]

So much movement in the ironwood with only a small void in the knot, “C” grade seems a lot harsh, but it’s not my show.

I agree! I really like these scales, almost more than my a/b grade since it feels a more alive. It’s got a bit wabi-sabi going on. “C-grade” definitely does not mean bad or ugly in any way. Just not completely perfect as the a/b ones.

 

[Lorien]

I'm stealing this for CPK's fb page, fyi

 

[Dantone05]

Great pic, Dantone05 !

Yeah that's an awesome shot!

Thanks guys!

I'm stealing this for CPK's fb page, fyi

 

[mpjustin]

I would likely pay more for scales with that much character! That C-grade looks great!

 

[betzner]

Perhaps the C grade was based on the backside of the knife/scales?

 

[Casinostocks]

With my C-grade, there's an eye and a small divot as shown which looks more pronounced in the photo directly below than it actually looks! A very minimal "blemish" considering the $100 - $130 pricing differences.

 

[ni1s]

The back-/Lorien-side looks fine, but not really “book matched” with the front. And I should have cleaned the blade up better.

 

[betzner]

Very difficult to match up desert ironwood scales well. Some of these with a more linear striation pattern are probably the ones with the best match....

 

[WValtakis]

Very difficult to match up desert ironwood scales well....

Not if you book match them from blocks

~Chip

 

[betzner]

You mean, PREMIUM blocks. Ones on this small EDC2 run are not from premium blocks and probably from larger pieces anyway.

 

[Nathan the Machinist]

they are bookmatched from Individual blocks. The scales were 1 block cut into two. Frustratingly sometimes one side does not match the other from the same piece of wood...

 

[WValtakis]

they are bookmatched from Individual blocks. The scales were 1 block cut into two. Frustratingly sometimes one side does not match the other from the same piece of wood...

Just to make sure we're on the same page, by book matched you mean splitting the block and the insides become the outsides, right?

 

[Nathan the Machinist]

Just to make sure we're on the same page, by book matched you mean splitting the block and the insides become the outsides, right?

Sort of. I guess that's how furniture is done but the knife scales are split and the insides go on the tang. Putting the inside on the outside would result in the matching wood being machined away. But a single block is split in two and opened like a book and bonded to a liner and processed.

 

[WValtakis]

Sort of. I guess that's how furniture is done but the knife scales are split and the insides go on the tang. Putting the inside on the outside would result in the matching wood being machined away. But a single block is split in two and opened like a book and bonded to a liner and processed.

That explains it Traditionally (at least in my experience) book matching refers to the method I described which is why the scales on the knife I posted are mirror images grainwise.