War of the Roses...lets see your Rosewood sides

[YellowSwiss]

The title says it all! Rosewood traditionals! Here is a couple of mine.

 

[black mamba]

Old (late '40s) Pal pruner, one side much darker than the other

Another dark one, from 2002

J.A. Henckels, not sure about mfg. date

Bark River Gunny Hunter in rosewood burl

 

[Horsewright]

East Indian Rosewood, one of my own persona round knives for leather work:

Cocobolo. One of my favorite handle materials and favorite rosewoods because of how it finishes:

Like it so much I save little pieces for spacers:

Some more East Indian:

Jeff that burl handle is fantastic!

 

[Modoc ED]

Case Equestrian with Rosewood covers

GEC #72 East Indian Rosewood

 

[black mamba]

Jeff that burl handle is fantastic!

Thanks, Dave, I really like your bright red one on the antler.

 

[Horsewright]

Thanks Jeff. Some coco is just spectacular.

 

[AlwaysTomboy]

I didn't know that cocobolo was a type of rosewood. I didn't know there were types of rosewood at all. Interesting!

I have two old 'uns I can share. JA Henckels sodbuster and Hubertus bowie, both with rosewood handles. Probably silly, but the handle on the bowie was pretty much the main reason I bought it.

 

[Jolipapa]

 

[Buzzbait]

I don't have much in the way of rosewood. Maybe none. The best I can do is a couple of Camillus-made saw scouts with laminated rosewood covers. They were sold as being rosewood. But they could be dymondwood prepared with rosewood colored dye.

 

[2Dead]

GEC #48 Western Trapper


JBF Champlin Eureka Jack (made by GEC, started the #92 pattern)

 

[VCM3]

 

[Peregrin]

Here's some nice Cocobolo on this B&T.

And this Wharncliff.

These two from Vince (VCM3) are handled in some Rosewood Vince got from Tony Bose.

 

[VCM3]

Gary how are those 2 holding up ?

 

[cwood8656]

Here's my viper

Chris-

 

[Horsewright]

Always Tomboy there are lots of rosewoods. Most have geographical tags applied to their names but not all. There are many that have nicknames that are rosewoods such as Cocobolo being know as Mexican Rosewood. Then there are those that aren't as well. Bubinga is often called African Rosewood but its not a rosewood at all. However African Balckwood is. Go figure. Anytime ya have Dalbergia in a woods scientific name you have a rosewood.

Under one of my workbenches I've boxes of wood for knife handles stored. I have a cocobolo box that is in need of replenishing right now and I have a separate rosewood box. I gave up trying to keep track of all the different varieties. Just got a box of rosewoods.

 

[Peregrin]

Gary how are those 2 holding up ?

Really well, Vince. They get used everyday. My favorite kitchen knives by far. The 440C takes and holds a nice edge too.

 

[GE Jr]

I do like how the grain shading & direction got matched up on this cocobolo 74 stallion.

 

[VCM3]

Really well, Vince. They get used everyday. My favorite kitchen knives by far. The 440C takes and holds a nice edge too.

That's good to hear .

 

[Travman]

A little sunlight brings out the red tint of this Che Chen Rosewood.

 

[deltaboy]

Nice Thread.