Great looking knives Gary!Thank thee for those thrilling thoughts!
Unknown (to me) wood with an anchor and desert ironwood on a lambsfoot:
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- GT
Awesome!
Question: Does it get much cooler than that?My brother recently found this old board in a corner of my parents barn. How old it is, who knows. It's been identified as Sonokeling Rosewood, a variation of East Indian Rosewood by a couple of wood experts. My father spent quite a bit of time in that neighborhood during WW2 and shipped quite a few things back. This could be from then, but again quien sabe?
Dampened:
As a knife handle:
Thanks, Todd, and right back atcha - that jigged wood is especially appealing!Great looking knives Gary!
Great story, Dave, and the old "mystery" wood looks fantastic on your knives!My brother recently found this old board in a corner of my parents barn. How old it is, who knows. It's been identified as Sonokeling Rosewood, a variation of East Indian Rosewood by a couple of wood experts. My father spent quite a bit of time in that neighborhood during WW2 and shipped quite a few things back. This could be from then, but again quien sabe?
Dampened:
As a knife handle:
Thanks!Thanks, Todd, and right back atcha - that jigged wood is especially appealing!
Great story, Dave, and the old "mystery" wood looks fantastic on your knives!
- GT