Wooden Wednesday - Traditionals only please

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Obsessed with Edges said:
I pounced on this large Ray Cover locking folder when I found it up for sale years ago, in large part because of the wood on this one. I'm not sure what type of wood it is, as that wasn't specified in the listing when I came across it. But it looks awesome and the warmth and texture of the wood feels great in the hand. Ray Cover used stabilized spalted maple in some smaller versions of this pattern, with the density and figuring of the grain looking very similar - I have one of those. In appearance, I'm thinking this one might also be spalted maple, though it's not obvious to me as to whether it's stabilized or not. It feels more natural in surface texture as compared to his other stabilized handles, which feel much smoother - often typical of stabilized wood. Whatever it is, it's a strong favorite among my accumulation of wood-handled knives.
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That is one gorgeous knife!
 
Chui said:
- nice..!! Please tell us more…
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Thanks, Paul! I fell hard for this pattern and now I have 3! IMG_2576.jpeg
The Trestle Pine Knives Gunflint. A sadly out of business knifemaker, he made this run of gunstock-style knives with a big Wharncliff pinchable stainless blade, each covered in unique wood, like recovered old-growth curly maple. I don’t know much more about them. Google research says that Great Eastern Cutlery manufacturing built some part of these and a company called Hess did some part, possibly the wood handles and finishing. They are hard to find now but some are still out there. Action is a little different on each one, but they are all good to me!
 
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