For the Love of Wood

d.r.h. said:
Here's a pair of Sebenzas (that I gifted to a friend) with some nice bloodwood.

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They are gorgeous.....................
 
Just arrived today, the last 3 well ringed and figured Belah blocks that the supplier had from the 87+ lbs/ft3 batch of Belah wood. I now have a total of 5 of these blocks. Also received a well ringed large block of Gidgee and 2 complimentary blocks.


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More gorgeous stuff on this page, especially Keyman Keyman and d.r.h. d.r.h. . Beautiful wood going back several pages Coke Coke . You do know there are no blades in those knives, right? :confused:

I started my Sage collection with the Desert Ironwood 4. That one's intended as a tribute to Al Mar who popularized the mid- or front-lock. Of course that lock was developed by Harvey McBurnette, Bob Dorough, and WT Fuller after WT lost one of his hands in an industrial accident. The look of the Sage 4 echoes that of knives like Mar's Eagle which I posted back a page.

I've gradually filled in the collection, having had to search the hardest for the Blue G10 Sage 3 Blackie Collins tribute which was discontinued fairly early on.

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The action on the Sage 4 is fairly typical of Spyderco back-locks, requiring a bit of wrist to thumb-flick open and a little shake to drop the blade when disengaging. It is extremely smooth, though, like all the Sages and almost free on a good day. The ironwood on this one is quite handsome with a nice dark/light pattern. The wood sets off very nicely against the high-grit-sanded bolsters, but the Ti scratches wicked easily and requires re-finishing if the knife is carried and used much at all.

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I'm just about at the bottom of the barrel for wood grips, as the following pic will make abundantly clear. This is one of the last I still have from back in my less-discerning days. I can't even blame my lack of taste or judgement on youth, as I haven't been young for a very, very long time. This is quite possibly the worst knife I ever bought and I couldn't even give it away in a four-times-listed sales thread here. It's got lock-rock and barely sharpenable steel that's wicked thick behind the edge. Its cocobolo grips sure do fill the hand, though, and it carries like it weighs 5 or 6 pounds. It's in a drawer up in Vermont now and I use it for a woods beater. It's not much of a cutter, but I suppose I could club an attacking beast to death with it.

In a perverse sort of way, I actually do have some affection for it, though....

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Ok, this is cheatin', 'cause the wood's not on the knife. The knife is on the wood--an as-yet unspilt bolt of gnarly-looking oak salvaged from the last of several standing-dead trees on our property here on the Cape. A pestilence of Crypt Gall Wasps came through over the last few years and pretty much wiped out the Black Oaks around here, much as they had done on Long Island a decade-or-so ago. Fortunately, we still have healthy Red and Pin Oaks on our two pieces here, but we have lots more sun and way more firewood on hand than a couple years back.

This pic is here as a thank you to my friend d.r.h. d.r.h. :)

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