Tagua Nuts

I've done some inlay with them, and spacers, as well as jewelery. BTW the name is pronounced Tah - wah.
Stacy
 
Thanks for the elocution lesson Stacy. I sure was way off.

Sort of reminds me of the "ancient" South American grain, quinoa. It's likely a person would never guess it was pronounced keen wah.
 
Tagua nuts. Good for breaking an ankle! In certain habitats in the Amazon they litter the forest floor. I have them in bowls and on shelves around the house; souvenirs from working in the Amazon on & off over twelve years. Never used them on a knife but I've schrimmed on some from time to time, just for fun.

Stacy, in the vicinity of Iquitos in the Peruvian Amazon, the g is indeed pronounced albeit somewhat softly. "TAHG-wah". Probably local diction from region to region.

Cheers,

TV


Terry L. Vandeventer
ABS MS
 
atakach said:
hmmm, i really like how they finished out on those knives, they seem to take a real high polish.

question....are they there natural color, or are they dyed ? they have a very creamy irovy tone to them.


:barf::foot:creamy nuts:barf::foot::barf::barf::foot::barf:
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The natural color of a fresh nut is bone white. They slowly yellow with age, looking like old ivory. They can also be fried (boiled in vegetable oil) to achieve colors ranging from pale caramel to darkest brown.
 
An old thread but worth reading again.
I've used the side of one with the brown outside as a hidden tang bolster but it cracked after two years.
 
I have had a similar experience with tagua as Hengelo_77. A folding knife I made for my brother in law many years ago had tagua as part of the handle. After years sitting in a drawer in a leather pouch the tagua cracked and shrunk.
 
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