Wooden Wednesday - Traditionals only please

[kamagong]

Here's some curly maple, curly koa, and curly walnut.

- Christian

 

[Hammer67]

 

[burnside]

What is THAT? I've never seen those handles on a barlow. Walnut, possibly?

That is actually Macassar Ebony wood. It is from the first run (or the pattern production premiere run) of the Tidioute TC Barlows. In the sunlight the browns really stand out, but in most other light it looks much darker. In low light it looks almost black.

You can see how it looks darker in different light in the images below...

 

[LeatherMan64]

Thanks for enlightening me, burnside. Beautiful knife, I love the character of the covers. Great photos, too, shedding some light on the subtleties of the knife.

 

[Pjake]

Peter

 

[Doug Add]

 

[Humppa]

Two of my woodhandled Hartkopfs

I really like this brand. Great handmade knives from Solingen, Germany.

 

[rune1279]

I admit to having a soft spot for the oddballs...

It’s a lobster, essentially, but something in the jarring contrast between the dark wood scales and the big slab of brushed stainless, along with the gonzo-modernist industrial design feels so very 60’s/70’s retro to me.

Actually, I’d love to know more about it -- it’s a Kaicut (some relation to Kershaw, I think), but my search-fu has yielded nothing.

Happy Wooden Wednesday!
--Mark

 

[sitflyer]

Ebony Hawkbill...



Bocote and Ironwood for today...

 

[black mamba]

Back to my modified #48 Mexican bocote today.

 

[Hammer67]

I admit to having a soft spot for the oddballs...

It’s a lobster, essentially, but something in the jarring contrast between the dark wood scales and the big slab of brushed stainless, along with the gonzo-modernist industrial design feels so very 60’s/70’s retro to me.

Actually, I’d love to know more about it -- it’s a Kaicut (some relation to Kershaw, I think), but my search-fu has yielded nothing.

Happy Wooden Wednesday!
--Mark

Ha! Fine post all around, Mark. Love the "to do" list.

And for some reason, you've just reminded me of my Dad (who was an engineer) bringing home the first calculator I had ever laid eyes on. This would have been sometime in the mid-70's, and it was made by Texas Instruments. It was about the size of 3 bricks, and did advanced calcs, which was a huge deal at the time.

 

[screened porch]

I admit to having a soft spot for the oddballs...

It’s a lobster, essentially, but something in the jarring contrast between the dark wood scales and the big slab of brushed stainless, along with the gonzo-modernist industrial design feels so very 60’s/70’s retro to me.

Actually, I’d love to know more about it -- it’s a Kaicut (some relation to Kershaw, I think), but my search-fu has yielded nothing.

Happy Wooden Wednesday!
--Mark

Here's a couple of close relatives:

The other side of the blade says "japan".

 

[pertinux]

My ebony WLST® with Claire, who leaves today:

~ P.

Nice knife Sarah. I'm going to miss Claire; hope you are okay with letting her go.

Ed J

Thanks, Ed.

I'm "okay" knowing that good stewardship (including an eye towards the lives in which I'm already invested, human and feline) informed me that I needed to let her go. I'll probably always miss her, however, and pictures such as the above continue to bring tears.

Wooden Wednesday:

Opinel No. 6 in Olive wood:

... with a new baby (& Co.), who was Very Busy:

~ P.

 

[sturzi]

Something slim today.

 

[KP]

 

[Woodrow F Call]

GEC 85 EO

And again this week.

 

[TLARbb]

I carried these out for a photo for the "Let's see your reds" thread:

and this Charlow for wW:

Ed J

 

[Bill510c]

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[rune1279]

Ha! Fine post all around, Mark. Love the "to do" list.

And for some reason, you've just reminded me of my Dad (who was an engineer) bringing home the first calculator I had ever laid eyes on. This would have been sometime in the mid-70's, and it was made by Texas Instruments. It was about the size of 3 bricks, and did advanced calcs, which was a huge deal at the time.

Thanks -- one nice thing about taking all these pictures to post here is I get to use my hopeless accumulation of old junk as props. That calculator is actually a Sinclair that my father (also an engineer) built from a kit. When calculators got more affordable, he upgraded and gave it to my grandfather, who, like a proper child of the Great Depression, kept it till the day he died.

Her's a couple of close relatives:
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The other side of the blade says "japan".

Hey, neat -- looks like the same thing, but in a jack configuration. My nail file says "6200 japan" where yours says 6100.

 

[paulhilborn]

Paul