Show us your prettiest knife covers

This is a large Ray Cover lockback folder I found years ago through a consignment dealer. Basically Buck 110 sized and fairly heavy. I'd also bought several smaller, more pocketable medium-sized versions of the same lockback pattern of his in various cover materials, including jigged bone and pearl. Even though this one is somewhat impractical for me to EDC regularly in the pocket, due to the size, I've always LOVED the wood on this one. I know he did some knives in spalted maple, sometimes stabilized and dyed to different colors - I have one of those in the smaller pattern. I think this one is also spalted maple, but I've never known for sure. At any rate, the natural color & figuring, and the feel of the wood in-hand, has always appealed to me. Took these pics just a couple days ago on a whim, once again drawn to the beauty of it.
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I usually think of this as my prettiest knife, a Case blue jigged bone mini copperhead with Wharncliffe/pen blades:
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I'm also quite taken with the visual appeal of Valley Jack, my 2019 desert ironwood Guardians lambsfoot:
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But Case's chestnut jigged bone always grabs my attention, too. Here are a couple of my favorite examples, a mini trapper and an iconic Swayback Jack:
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Obviously, "prettiest" is quite subjective, but I'm sure many of you would agree that the knives I've posted so far are "lookers". But I'll post one more that may not float anyone else's boat, but I sure like the looks of this Chinese Remington wood canoe:
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- GT
 
Here are a couple more bone covers since this thread has taken off. The Robeson I posted earlier is the winner, but these two are not far behind.

These covers are just so nice. That jigging! The color is so even!
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The Camillus just has some great colors going on.
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Here's some Halfrich jigged bone I really like.
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Stag on this Lloyd is some of my favorite.
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Some real pretty Desert Ironwood on this Boker Club Gent.
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Some really striking California Buckeye Burl on this Utility by Burt Foster. I also find the jigged bone on my Eureka Jack very attractive.
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Love the Stag on this Lake collaboration Tail lock.
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I could go on and on, but I'll close with a bevy of stag beauties from Hiroaki Ohta.
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RickHuf said:
Here are a couple more bone covers since this thread has taken off. The Robeson I posted earlier is the winner, but these two are not far behind.

These covers are just so nice. That jigging! The color is so even!
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The Camillus just has some great colors going on.
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Not just the colors on the Camillus, but that jigging is about as good as it gets.
Peregrin said:
Here's some Halfrich jigged bone I really like.
vGPPJii.jpg

Stag on this Lloyd is some of my favorite.
MtO90Tb.jpg

Some real pretty Desert Ironwood on this Boker Club Gent.
tjJ3bq9.jpg

Some really striking California Buckeye Burl on this Utility by Burt Foster. I also find the jigged bone on my Eureka Jack very attractive.
LsBxC4L.jpg

Love the Stag on this Lake collaboration Tail lock.
xZKZ5Td.jpg

I could go on and on, but I'll close with a bevy of stag beauties from Hiroaki Ohta.
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Outstanding stag, especially on the Lloyd. And those Ohta knives are superb!
 
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