Sebenza Inlays?

ArabianKnight

ArabianKnight

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I have owned a couple Sebenza's with another on the way and was browsing some of the many different inlays available. I was wondering what do you think are the most sought after inlays? The most rare? I have only ever had Micarta, great for being a user IMO it hides wear well.
 
Mammoth Bark Ivory is one of the most sought after as well as the most rare--hence the most expensive as well. For being a user, dense wood such as cocobolo or micarta hold up well.
 
Mammoth is rare and so is California Buckeye Burl and Lingum Vitae. I'm partial to Box Elder for show and micarta for work myself.
 
For a user you just can't top micarta, IMO, but for rarety and most sought after inlays, as mentioned, you are looking at ivory. The use of mammoth bark and cream ivory has been about for a while but rarer yet would be elephant or ivory with gold/jewel inlay. (elephant of course presents and number of issues these days. I personally don't buy or use it at all now).
 
The ivory is more expensive for sure. What is the difference of pure white ivory and the discolored type?
 
Discolored ivory is the bark or outside of the tusk. The white is interior or beneath the bark. The discoloration is caused by the minerals that the tusk is buried in. Mammoth ivory is 10 to 20 thousand years old.:eek:
 
Discolored is generally the outer layer of the tusk. The more Discolored and "pitted", the closer it was too the surface of the tooth. It takes on those characteristics from being exposed to the elements for thousands of years. The more white and "perfect" looking, the deeper it was in the tooth.
 
Mammoth is probably the rarest, especially the Bark Mammoth. Stunningly Beautiful.

Different Bones like Giraffe Bone ( I have only ever seen in mnandi ) is pretty rare too.

As for wood, Lignum Vitae, Iron Wood, Camel Thorne, Rosewood, Mesquite are discontinued, so are harder to find.

None of the woods mentioned above hold a candle to the Beautiful Woods used in the Annuals like Spalted Maple and some of the Burls.

Box Elder, Bocote, Cocobolo, Ebony, etc can be stunning if you find the right one.
 
Congrats to your new knife.
Probably you get more out of the snakewood anyway - it might be "the knife" for you.
use it - enjoy it.
red mag
 
I'd love to have a Lingum Vitae. Had a few time to jump on one but missed my chance. Now that's an inlay you'd be hard pressed to mess up. Plus some have beautiful grain.
 
ArabianKnight said:
Just got a small 21 w/Snakewood inlays.....it's not ivory, but someday!
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Snakewood looks great plus it's a very hard wood. Nice choice.

Don't know if they are that rare but I love my Madagascar Rosewood small Sebenza. They can't export that wood anymore (for the meantine) so it's not going to be one that's available very often.
 
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