The Inlays are here! The inlays are here!

RNST
Very:cool:! The burl in the Thuya turned out real nice. From the wood sample pictures that Heather sent me way back when I needed to decide what inlay I wanted, it was hard to tell how the finished knife would look. I had a feeling it would look pretty nice. Great score!:thumbup:
 
RNST, that's a beautiful LE 2007!

The pattern in the wood and the the raindrop damascus look really good together.
 
Here are my three Limiteds....

Damascus is very difficult to photograph in any light. Any ideas on how to get a better picture? I have tried indoor light only and light coming in the front window.


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Very nice Richard. Love the Damascus, and your top bark is very sweet. I'll have to take group photo as well. Don't have a digital at the moment, but I'll figure something out. That thuya wood stands out nicely.

ScottDog,
You have something buring on the side? Something perhaps we don't know about? :D
 
Richard, there awesome!!:thumbup: congrats ...and the mac'e & cheese will be definitely worth it!:D

Jules
 
RNST said:
Here are my three Limiteds....

Damascus is very difficult to photograph in any light. Any ideas on how to get a better picture? I have tried indoor light only and light coming in the front window.


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I just switched the Damascus Blade on the Thuya LE to the Mammoth Ivory Bark to match the small LE with Damascus.

I am still wondering if this is an improvement or if the damascus looks better on the Thuya and I should leave it the way it was.

Any opinions?
 
fernando said:
Why does mammoth bark have a 20% premium over wood?
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My guess is because 10,000-20,000 year old mammoth ivory probably costs 100 times more than wood. That and coupled with availability. The choice pieces are not easy to come by.

RNST,

Great move!! I would/have done the same thing with switching the blades. You got lucky that they both fit either handle. Doesn't always work. I did it with this one but had to send it to the factory for final fitting...
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blackend said:
My guess is because 10,000-20,000 year old mammoth ivory probably costs 100 times more than wood. That and coupled with availability. The choice pieces are not easy to come by.

AFAIK, the world's not running out of dead mammoths, but premium wood from old growth trees is indeed a limited resource. You can always just dig up another split and gouged piece of bone, which is how nearly every piece of bark on an inlay that I've seen looks.

I think the premium should be on the wood inlays, because that requires harvesting a (recently) living tree and processing - kind of like an environmental premium. Plus, there are so many less flaws in the finished product! :thumbup:
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blackend said:
My guess is because 10,000-20,000 year old mammoth ivory probably costs 100 times more than wood. That and coupled with availability. The choice pieces are not easy to come by.

RNST,

Great move!! I would/have done the same thing with switching the blades. You got lucky that they both fit either handle. Doesn't always work. I did it with this one but had to send it to the factory for final fitting...
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Well said, Blackend.

If you google mammoth ivory bark, you will come up with suppliers of the stuff. I also questioned why CRK premium woods cost so much more than the rest. You will find the suppliers selling this stuff charge quite a bit for 10 to 15 cm pieces. That cost obviously is passed on. Good point about it being a limited commodity since there are no known mammoths in the great white north anymore. ;)

Blackend, your point about the blades not alway fitting. Interesting I have heard that either on this forum or another CRK discussion. When I took the blades out I put them together and eyeballed the curve and shape and to the naked eye, there was no difference. Measuring at key points, the blades were within a mm of each other.

I do like the look of the damascus on the mammoth ivory bark more than the Thuya. I would be happy to have damascus on both but it is not really an option.

If anyone is looking to switch blades or just take the knives apart to clean etc. There is a good video on youtube that shows disassembly and reassembly of the Sebenza. Check it out.
 
fernando said:
I think the premium should be on the wood inlays, because that requires harvesting a (recently) living tree and processing - kind of like an environmental premium. Plus, there are so many less flaws in the finished product! :thumbup:
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I'm pretty sure there's a lot more trees than mammoth ivory laying around. Remember, the premium bark is cut from the outer layer of the tusk...hence the different colors. And depending on WHERE the tusk came from depics the different colors. Greens and blue actually come from the sea or by the sea. A lot of it comes from Russia and other foriegn countries too. Not cheap.
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BTW, what you are calling flaws actually sells the ivory. I want cracks. It's why it's called BARK. Very desireable!
 
Here are some of my latest inlays...I have damascus on order for them...
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Already sliced my finger twice with the custom graphic seb...wicked sharp...but I love the Black Palm the best....I'm not very good with the snapper....

cheers
 
Nice Stronzza,

Is the bottom small ivory a factory order or did you find it on the net/dealer?
:)
 
blackend said:
Nice Stronzza,

Is the bottom small ivory a factory order or did you find it on the net/dealer?
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The bottom one is a factory order...didn't take long. I just love the damascus...now I know what all the fuss is about...

Damascus + CRK Sebenza = one kick a s s knife....

cheers
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stronzza said:
The bottom one is a factory order...didn't take long. I just love the damascus...now I know what all the fuss is about...

Damascus + CRK Sebenza = one kick a s s knife....

cheers
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Stronzza we have similar knives in our collection :)

Really like your buckeye burl and the palm on top.
 
RNST said:
Stronzza we have similar knives in our collection :)

Really like your buckeye burl and the palm on top.
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Then you Sir--you must have very good taste! ;)

The palm and lg ivory have to be my favorites...going to get one of those nice burl wood ones next.

Your burl wood picture is making me do it...:thumbup:

cheers
 
Some updated pictures
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Why are these things so hard to photograph....need to get one of those light tents...

Does any one have the Spalted Maple with Damascus?
 
stronzza said:
Does any one have the Spalted Maple with Damascus?
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Sold mine to NGK to finance one of my new ivories. Not sure if that's the one you're talking about? It actually had two blades with it. Micheal already sold it though. Here's the pic he took of it off the web site. Those are some pretty nice photos you took there though. G2 wrote about taking pictures with a digital using 1 or 2 second shutter speed. Lighting is a whole other thing.

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