post a picture of your favorite handle material...

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whether for looks or utility.

personally, (and i havent used it yet) I love the look of maple burl.

this is a Bob Dozier Master Skinner...love the handle.


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and this is just from another site for stabilized wood...

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man, beautiful stuff in my opinion


now, i want to see some good looking pictures...
 
My favorite handle material? I have two.

First is amboyna burl.

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A damn close second is stone.

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The amboyna is real warm even to the touch while the stone is as cool as a cucumber. Makes a huge difference in the way the knife feels in your hand.

One day I will make an amboyna handle with the stone as spacers and see how that feels and looks.:D
 
Mammoth tooth root on a Knife by Schuyler Lovestrand.Nothing bettet!
 

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G10 ! just because it's light as heck and grinds so easily. Serves it's purpose wonderfully. I like Thuya, Ironwood and Snakewood (Tom's use some nice snakewood on his folders, really beautiful Tom) for fancier stuff though. Linen Micarta always does the trick too, just a pain in the ass to grind and the fumes STINK ! :D Hey Kit ! those are sweet looking !, infact all the knives here are really beautiful. Great work fellas.....RDT
 
Originally posted by Mike Hull
I like Catclaw Acacia, and Mesquite Burl, from the root ball.
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Mike,
We are on the same page. :)


This is just a very simple traditional 4" drop point with catclaw on the handle.
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As Mike can attest, there is not one drop of stain on this wood at all. The only finish applied in this instance was Minwax Wood Hardener. This wood was taken from a tree close to Del Rio, Texas.
The tree was mostly eaten out or rotted in the center and this part was close to the root. I may be wrong but I don't think it would be available "off the shelf".

Here's a pair of matchbook scales I cut from the same tree:
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C Wilkins
 
Man were can I find some of that Mammoth tooth root:eek: :cool: That is cool...

I like Ivory and ebony and pearl and anything natural,But I do use allot of dyed cow bone,
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Bruce
 
wow, mammoth tooth root. damn, that is very nice.

where do you guys get these mammoth scales? excuse my ignorance, but are they actually mammoth parts?

very nice fellas...very nice.
 
Stag and ivory, esp. Walrus. Then, Ironwood and Walnut burl. Then other burls (redwood's nice!.)

JD
 
My Favorite handle materials are Indian Stag, Desert Ironwood burl, Tiger Maple, but I have added new one to the list Masur Birch.
 
I love it when Bruce asks me:
"Ya like ivory?"
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Ivory and Stag are the ubernaturals :D
 
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