Washington Street!!

Sarah, that's a truly unique specimen you've corralled.:thumbup::thumbup: I've never seen cocobolo with quite that much visual texture.:cool:
 
Everyone, I continue to appreciate all your kind comments-- thanks!-- but really all I did was open the tube. :o

RobbW said:
Sarah, fantastic figure in that cocobolo. I love the striations in the wood, but how's the chatoyancy? :D;)
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Funny you should ask, heh. There's a hint of 'fire' in some of the lighter bands, as in the top bevel:
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But, most of the 'effect' is carried out by the wood coloration itself, subtle in most light, striking when the sun hits.

deskil said:
Sarah, that's a truly unique specimen you've corralled.:thumbup::thumbup: I've never seen cocobolo with quite that much visual texture.:cool:
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Agreed! I first became aware of cocobolo through its use on guitars, so I was somewhat familiar with its potential for a lot of figure. The texture in the covers on this knife, visual and physical (in the actual grain) remains a very happy surprise.

rma100 said:
But Sarah, Does it glow in the dark? :p
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Funny man.

(Does it glow in the dark? continues to beckon.... :p This is a fine, fine frame and size for just about any pattern GEC wants to throw, er, carefully produce on it.)

This one don' glow, but it does everything else.

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Just got this in today. Loving it
 

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Absolutely love this pattern and a polished stag has been in my pocket since receiving it. I can only hope Charlie's next release with a spear main features all steel construction ;)
 
Anyone else find their polished stag very thirsty? I have coated mine twice with mineral oil and it just keeps soaking it up.
 
blademan 13 said:
Anyone else find their polished stag very thirsty? I have coated mine twice with mineral oil and it just keeps soaking it up.
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Jamie - I do not have one in polished stag to compare. With that said, I do know that the interior of stag is very porous and will soak up oil fast. My understanding is that GEC treated the stag with CA to seal the pores to prevent any absorption of oil and dirt. I may be wrong on their process, but if yours continues to drink up mineral oil, it will become soft.
 
blademan 13 said:
Anyone else find their polished stag very thirsty? I have coated mine twice with mineral oil and it just keeps soaking it up.
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I would not feed it any more mineral oil. I am sure the materials have enough. The oil just fills the air spaces and bleeds back out, too slow to notice probably.
 
Cory Hess said:
Beautiful knives, Dan. I was real happy to hear that you had gotten things figured out and got to get some of these and the barlows. On that stag, is it smooth where all the dark is or is that textured? It looks like it'd be textured, but I wasn't sure if they filled that with something or if it just looks textured in the pictures or what.
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waynorth said:
I would not feed it any more mineral oil. I am sure the materials have enough. The oil just fills the air spaces and bleeds back out, too slow to notice probably.
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Is this true with wood covers too? I have a #15 in ebony that was pretty 'thirsty' when I got it but it doesn't seem to be soaking up any more mineral oil.
 
draggat said:
Is this true with wood covers too? I have a #15 in ebony that was pretty 'thirsty' when I got it but it doesn't seem to be soaking up any more mineral oil.
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No, Ebony is already high in natural oils. Just don't over do it and wipe off any access when you are done.
 
I want mine to get as nasty lookin as possible. The stag on the Washingtons that is. I want it to look a bit rough and rustic but that's just me.
 
Thanks for the input guys. Duly noted.

Perry, no worries on the stag getting rustic looking. While I've only carried mine a little over a week the changes are apparent already. What started as mostly a creamy white with gray/black highlights now has developed many yellowish orange areas. Quite interesting and I really like the material so far.
 
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