Wood handled Knives

lambertiana said:
And back to the subject of wood handles - I lay the blame for this one right smack in the middle of Dennis' doorstep:
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I thought that was bone when I first saw it. I like the jigging on the wood. The beaver's been busy.:D
 
navihawk jankas harwood index rates bubinga [african rosewood] close to purpleheart & both 200 points harder than osage orange [bodark]. pretty hard stuff otherwise it would'nt hold the checkering. thanks for the good pic.
 
Great pics guys, wood handled knives just do it for me. Gotta get some slipjoints in wood
 
Love the wood collection photos. I don't have many, but I'll post what I have.

GEC Cocobolo Scout...

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Buck 112 Ranger Founders Edition...

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Buck 112 and 55...

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Kissing Krane KC47W...

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DennisStrickland said:
navihawk jankas harwood index rates bubinga [african rosewood] close to purpleheart & both 200 points harder than osage orange [bodark]. pretty hard stuff otherwise it would'nt hold the checkering. thanks for the good pic.
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I never knew wood had a hardness test. You learn something new every day.:thumbup:
 
Janka Hardness Tests is name of reference for index of woods hardness. navihawk this was brought to my attention by formite kdstrick whom is a esquire of wood chopping.he only posts in testing section.
 
This is the knife I won in "wilgoy's" give away.
Queen Tear Drop Liner Lock with African Zebra Wood
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This is my GEC Tidioute Scout Liner Lock with Mexican Bocote Wood
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Great thread. I have always had at least a few wood scales in my continuously morphing collection, and I seem to lean more towards wood now more than stag and bone.
Thanks again Dennis.
 
lambertiana said:
I might as well join the party with some wood pictures, too.
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Love that cobo large stockman! Great catch :)

I got the Canoe and Mt. Man in cobo a while back, and just happened on a cobo large trapper .... :) They seem like pretty complete answers
 
Truly some amazing knives have found their way into this thread. Now it's time to pull back and see the other end of the knife economic spectrum. Here are three wooden "barn job" knives.

Ed

 
That's a very tidy-looking Böker Pen at the top, I like those and have one in bone. But what's the bottom knife please? Extremely nice 'barn' too.

Thank you, Will
 
Will,

I recently became interested in trying to learn to build a slipjoint knife. The most obvious route was to put together a kit so I bought Rough Rider Stockman and Trapper kits. They were disasters. They say we learn from our failures so I figure I learned a lot. Then I saw a thread here about busting up a knife and building a single blade from the remains. With nothing to lose, I forged ahead. The bottom two knives are the remains of those kits plus a bit of black walnut from a nearby woods and some brass and nickel silver rods. It's kinda addictive. I find myself looking around for something else to smash.

Ed
 
Ed, that's a really fine job on that bottom knife you have obvious skill.

Kind of disappointing though..as I was hoping it was some obscure knife I hadn't yet discovered. Maybe you should go into production:thumbup::D

Regards, Will
 
Here's an Ebony harness jack by Challenge cut co. Never used or sharpened.

Best regards

Robin
 
Pipeman said:
Here's an Ebony harness jack by Challenge cut co. Never used or sharpened.

Best regards

Robin
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OOOOOHHHHHHHH!!!! COULD there be a better unused oldie of this sort? I can't believe so, what a schorcher!
Look at those flush pins too.
 
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