Wood handled Knives

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DennisStrickland

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all gecs, l to r.
toothpick bocote
mdl23 4.5 in.--bubinga
trapper fur--jig bubinga
73 jack lert hand-- rosewood
73 jack--bocote
sorry my collection is so limited but woods with figure are hard to locate. maybe gec will do one in purpleheart. thanks for looking.
 
Very very nice Dennis. Does that "Beaver" shield sit on top of the scale -- not inletted??
 
Nice woodies Dennis :thumbup: I like wood on a pocket knife as much as anything... Well, almost, Ivory is as good as it gets
 
I love the looks of a wood handled pocket knife but wonder about the durability of the wood. Does GEC use stabilized wood for their handles?
 
Wood is good - nice buch of knives you have there - and I envy you the mdl23

Ebony is my favourite - but I hope GEC might start a little affair with ironwood too, and boxburl, juniper, curly birch, alder root and amboina - and all of those dyed and stabilized things there are out there :D:D
 
modoced the shield [beaver] is all inletted except the rear of the tail. i'm assuming the tail was so thick that total inlet would compromise the handle.may i mention some of these woods since little seems to be said outside the custom section. janka hardness scale rates them as follows:bubinga--2600; bocote--2200; rosewood--[ indian--3170 , brazilian--2860, & common--1780] p
lease do'nt query myself as to woods, i'm ignorant. may i refer you to Janka Hardness Tests. thanks for the attention.
 
GregFL said:
I love the looks of a wood handled pocket knife but wonder about the durability of the wood. Does GEC use stabilized wood for their handles?
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I have a couple of pocket knives and seen several that are 100 yrs + old with wood scales. The blades are worn out and the scales look great, yes, including Ebony that some are so affraid of... Remember, wood is good
 
DennisStrickland said:
modoced the shield [beaver] is all inletted except the rear of the tail. i'm assuming the tail was so thick that total inlet would compromise the handle.may i mention some of these woods since little seems to be said outside the custom section. janka hardness scale rates them as follows:bubinga--2600; bocote--2200; rosewood--[ indian--3170 , brazilian--2860, & common--1780] p
lease do'nt query myself as to woods, i'm ignorant. may i refer you to Janka Hardness Tests. thanks for the attention.
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Great Information! Thanks Dennis!!. Goodness gracious I really love the Beaver shield. Great set of woddies all around to be sure!!

Much Obliged,
Anthony
 
thanks guys--many woods do'nt need stabilization since they are so dense & contain much oil. however i do know that a native wood in texas --[mesquite] is useless w/o stab. many 10o yr. old pocketknives with rosewood & ebony have stood the test of time with no effect. additionaly as a reference let me say that our american black walnut is #1020 on the janka scale.
 
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another gec tooth in snakewood. snakewood is a whopping 3600 on janka hardness scale--black walnut is 1010 on that scale.
 
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DennisStrickland said:
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another gec tooth in snakewood. snakewood is a whopping 3600 on janka hardness scale--black walnut is 1010 on that scale.
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Now, that snake wood is really great looking and hard. The snake wood looks very classy. I've seen a 73 in the snakewood that is great looking also.

I was looking at a few of the Queens that were in birdseye maple and they don't do anything for me from what I could see. The birdseye maple wood almost looks like it's gray. However, their newer cocobolo wood looks very nice. Anyone have some of these queen woods they could show here?
 
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I was looking at a few of the Queens that were in birdseye maple and they don't do anything for me from what I could see. The birdseye maple wood almost looks like it's gray. However, their newer cocobolo wood looks very nice. Anyone have some of these queen woods they could show here?
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Here's their utility pattern in cocobolo. A gift from my buddy Ford (after having had the blade reprofiled and sharpened by Tom Krein). :cool:

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