What wood is this?

[zdp189]

I bought this knife many years ago and have never really known what type of wood the handles are made out of.

Please help....

 

[Wild Ben]

Kind of difficult to tell from end grain, but I would guess maple. Whatever it is it looks cool!

 

[Arathol]

Did a quick search and found some Kansei folders made of something called Chittum wood that look similar.....

 

[zdp189]

Aboyna?

https://www.etsy.com/listing/4305358804/amboyna-burl-wood-pen-turning-blanks-per?ls=s&ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=chittum+burl+wood&ref=sr_gallery-1-10&sts=1&content_source=330c91f4-bd25-450c-a39c-e62beaf7f721%253ALTe6836a8e512560a86eb117b95765c1c3398559f5&organic_search_click=1&logging_key=330c91f4-bd25-450c-a39c-e62beaf7f721%3ALTe6836a8e512560a86eb117b95765c1c3398559f5

 

[zdp189]

Or maybe Spalted Birch

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1784547134/spalted-beech-burl-pen-blanks-cactus?ls=r&external=1&rec_type=cs&ref=landingpage_similar_listing_top-5&sts=1&content_source=c04f587b4f8d0941a01b3906855b1240%253ALT759d6835228f844956681099c86cbb35f56e292e&logging_key=c04f587b4f8d0941a01b3906855b1240%3ALT759d6835228f844956681099c86cbb35f56e292e

 

[Culprit99]

Or maybe Spalted Birch

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1784547134/spalted-beech-burl-pen-blanks-cactus?ls=r&external=1&rec_type=cs&ref=landingpage_similar_listing_top-5&sts=1&content_source=c04f587b4f8d0941a01b3906855b1240%253ALT759d6835228f844956681099c86cbb35f56e292e&logging_key=c04f587b4f8d0941a01b3906855b1240%3ALT759d6835228f844956681099c86cbb35f56e292e

Definitely spalted, whatever it is. I like it.

 

[zdp189]

Thanks y'all!

 

[John Phillips]

Guessing Spalted Maple

 

[Triton]

I also think it might be spalted maple. Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith Might know for sure. Weird that it's made out of the end grain like that it seems like that would make it fragile but I guess not.

 

[RickHuf]

With those medullary rays it looks like oak.

Could also be a really cool piece of beech. You can find some good rays and flecks in beech sometimes.

Spalted of course, which makes it way cooler lol.


What makes it difficult is that it's a stabilized end slice.

 

[cbach8tw]

Cool wood regardless, but it was cool to see an end cut to see those lines. I would not have thought of an end cut to use as scales.

 

[zdp189]

Seems like a good match, no?

 

[StrangeDaze]

Teak

 

[RickHuf]

Seems like a good match, no?

View attachment 3023320

Bingo!

 

[Blues]

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