Wooden Wednesday - Traditionals only please

[Primble]

Here's a Vortex for Primble to contemplate at leisure....

It’s a fish (shield) swimming towards a vortex (whirlpool). Anybody can see that !
I like that knife quite a bit .

 

[mbkr]

It’s a fish (shield) swimming towards a vortex (whirlpool). Anybody can see that !
I like that knife quite a bit .

Its sooo obvious once you point it out

 

[Rsmith_77]

It’s a fish (shield) swimming towards a vortex (whirlpool). Anybody can see that !
I like that knife quite a bit .

Being chased by a cannonball too

 

[Will Power]

Sometimes, you can't see the wood for the trees......unhapilly, this knife is not so splendid these days despite spending most of its life on the dark side. It's become a more uniform turdcolour I see a Sewer-Rat swimming against the tide...

 

[joeradza]

Here's a Vortex for Primble to contemplate at leisure....

Beautiful shot of a lovely I regret letting go,

 

[Corto_Malt]

Cosimo De Benedetto 's swayback

 

[pat9198]

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[SteveC]

Spalted Beech and Bloodwood

 

[Jack Black]

Walnut

 

[cigarrodog]

 

[5K Qs]

I've been carrying a couple of work knives with wood covers.
Rough Ryder lockback:


Otter Arbeitermesser (I think that's what it was called when I had my daughter order it for me from a Spanish website when she lived in Madrid):


- GT

 

[joeradza]

 

[kamagong]

How about some arctic willow?

 

[SteveC]

I've been carrying a couple of work knives with wood covers.
Rough Ryder lockback:
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Otter Arbeitermesser (I think that's what it was called when I had my daughter order it for me from a Spanish website when she lived in Madrid):
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- GT

Nice grain on your RR !

 

[afishhunter]

The two woodies I'm carrying this week.
SARGE Official BSA Barlow (no idea what/which burl wood it is), and Buck 389 Canoe with "Walnut" Dynawood.
View attachment 2092139

 

[5K Qs]

Nice grain on your RR !

Thanks, Steve. That grain only shows up in bright sunlight. I have no idea what type of wood is on that knife; RR just calls it "black wood" and, sometimes, "blackwood" (like the Blackwood Brothers gospel quartet from the distant past).

Here's a pic of the knife on a south-facing hotel window sill; the grain is still visible, but not standing out:


- GT

 

[fishin1635]

Albers Cut Co Lamb Foot

 

[afishhunter]

Thanks, Steve. That grain only shows up in bright sunlight. I have no idea what type of wood is on that knife; RR just calls it "black wood" and, sometimes, "blackwood" (like the Blackwood Brothers gospel quartet from the distant past).

Here's a pic of the knife on a south-facing hotel window sill; the grain is still visible, but not standing out:
View attachment 2092146

- GT

"African Blackwood", maybe? From what I've seen online, African Blackwood is very close to Ebony, but not (currently) an endangered species of plant.

 

[5K Qs]

"African Blackwood", maybe? From what I've seen online, African Blackwood is very close to Ebony, but not (currently) an endangered species of plant.

I wondered about that, especially when RR occasionally spells it as one word: "blackwood". But mostly they spell it "black wood", and I can buy that 4" closed lockback today for $7.43, so I doubt if the handle is something that gets substituted for ebony.

- GT

 

[afishhunter]

I wondered about that, especially when RR occasionally spells it as one word: "blackwood". But mostly they spell it "black wood", and I can buy that 4" closed lockback today for $7.43, so I doubt if the handle is something that gets substituted for ebony.

- GT

Could be ... but compare the RR/Marbles/Queen/Queen City prices for genuine Ram Horn, Buffalo Horn, Stag, Abalone, and other exotic materials, to other brands that offer those materials.
I had one of their Barlows with genuine Abalone covers. It was under $10.⁰⁰.
They may get a lower price because of the quantities bought? (also possible they have a lower per unit profit, since they have a higher sales volume?)