Wooden Wednesday - Traditionals only please

black mamba said:
Fantastic lineup, Stuart! Are they cocobolo or ebony, or a mix of both?
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Thanks. They are so old (early 1900's) and dark (except for the Continental on the left) that it is hard to distinguish. My notes say all are cocobolo, but I haven't researched any catalogues to see how they were offered. I'll need to pull them out and look again.
-Stuart
 
Duckdog said:
Thanks. They are so old (early 1900's) and dark (except for the Continental on the left) that it is hard to distinguish. My notes say all are cocobolo, but I haven't researched any catalogues to see how they were offered. I'll need to pull them out and look again.
-Stuart
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Look at them closely in bright sunlight. If they have any hint of red they are cocobolo. I have aged cocobolo (both antique and modern) that is dark like those. The grain and overall appearance in the pictures makes me think they are all cocobolo, but I would have to look at them in hand in sunlight to really be sure.
 
The Abbot and Costello of Wood Handled Cutlery
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Have a wonderful Wednesday! :thumbsup::thumbsup:
 
Thank you sir! I don't make that model (Bandito) very often but a special customer (he's got 35 ish of my knives) asked for a couple in wood after he picked up one in sheephorn out of the last batch. So I made him the Turkish Walnut one above and this rosewood one:

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He wanted darker woods on both so these are the woods we decided on Peregrin Peregrin . At the same time he saw this little Poco on our website and ordered it too. Stabilized red oak with cocobolo spacer. A Poco is only about 4 7/8" oal.

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Told ya he's a good customer.
 
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