Traditional Handle Materials - A Closer Look!

[pmew]

A great idea for a thread, I'm so impressed with the photography too. I could spend hours staring at these pictures!

 

[Primble]

Some macro shots. I certainly would not judge the quality of my knife based on all of these super close shots !

Knives were not made to be scrutinized so closely.

Closeup of Mathias I. Ralston IV's Rosewood Pruner (stolen by Haskew)

Macro of Mathia's (now Haskews) knife:

3rd cut stag TC Barlow:

Soup bone TC:

Cattaraugus Jack Knife:

 

[jprime84]

Great stuff everyone. I had no idea it would catch on so quickly!

 

[hamsco]

What app are you using??

" Mag Light "

It's the free version, no frills. Fun to play with.

 

[Nature Boy]

" Mag Light "

It's the free version, no frills. Fun to play with.

Thanks! I've got the macro bug!

Cattaraugus Jack Knife:

Man, that's pretty...

 

[chuko]

Here are some shots John (Chief) took of my 1860's Innocent & Sons jack knife.
Charles

 

[Will Power]

GEC STAG

CASE Creme Brulee Barnboard

RR Armour Hide Bone

GEC Amber Bone WB type on a Cyclop's Works stainless

GEC Sheffield Tobacco (Peach Kernel type?) also on Cyclop's stainless

Schatt & Morgan Stag on Tiny Barlow

Queen QCCC Teardrop

 

[Sam Dean]

Thanks! I've got the macro bug!

Me too!! Be careful - next you'll be after the bugs in macro!

 

[Nature Boy]

Ok, I'm ready to play...

Cocobolo

Robeson

Bocote

Delrin

 

[Rockon75]

I'd like to see some of the Bark River Pine Cone covers if anyone has one to show.

 

[Jfowl31]

Can't find my macro lens for the D90 but that mag-lite app is pretty cool. Here's some crummy cell pic additions to the thread...

Schrade GEC auto


Kryptonite acrylic on a 25


Sambar stag on a 72


Od micarta bull nose

 

[Norcaldude]

I have a cheap macro lens thing that I held in front of my ipad for the bottom three shots.

This is the knife in all of the pictures:

 

[Darrin Sanders]

Some macro shots. I certainly would not judge the quality of my knife based on all of these super close shots !

Knives were not made to be scrutinized so closely.

Closeup of Mathias I. Ralston IV's Rosewood Pruner (stolen by Haskew)

Macro of Mathia's (now Haskews) knife:

3rd cut stag TC Barlow:

Soup bone TC:

Cattaraugus Jack Knife:

That Cat with the contrast of the nice clean bone and the patina on the blades is my favorite so far. Great idea for a thread.

 

[matfox]

Nice views and cool idea for a thread!

The closest I got by now with my camera was on these rosewoods.

 

[jerryd6818]

Here's a couple I did for a more practical purpose.

This one compares bone to Delrin for identification purposes.

Showing the cause of weak or no snap, this one shows what worn tangs look like.

 

[btb01]

Some macro shots. I certainly would not judge the quality of my knife based on all of these super close shots !

Knives were not made to be scrutinized so closely.

Closeup of Mathias I. Ralston IV's Rosewood Pruner (stolen by Haskew)

Macro of Mathia's (now Haskews) knife:

Primble, it's a good thing you had the foresight to take some macro shots before ol' Haskew stole it from ya.

 

[5K Qs]

Primble, it's a good thing you had the foresight to take some macro shots before ol' Haskew stole it from ya.

+ 5K!

It might not be foresight, though, if I think about it. There are rumors that Primble has access to a time machine that allows him to go back in time to find some of the lovely, pristine knives with which he astounds us here on a regular basis! It would not be surprising if he could use the same machine to travel into the future, and he may have "seen" (not technically "foresight") that the horrid Haskew would brew up some trouble. With that in mind, Primble may have taken the macro shots to use in future legal proceedings. (I'm very grateful to Primble that he did NOT try to avoid the act of theft, and in doing so risk changing history in possibly disastrous ways for the rest of Earth's inhabitants; I appreciate his self-sacrificial nature!)

- GT

 

[Augie]

Here's a few, will try to ad some more later.

Kutmaster saw cut bone Barlow,

Case redbone Barlows,

T. Hague 100 year old stag pruner,

 

[FOG2]

Please keep posting pics. I am loving this thread! I gotta say the stag are my favs.. But i love the others a well.

 

[philllll]

I had much better luck getting some close up macro shots with my old point-and-shoot.

3rd cut stag again: