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Laramie Knifeworks -- Abalone and Ebony Medium Yellowstone Linerlock
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| Folder Type: Gentlemen Medium Yellowstone Linerlock |
| Blade Length: 2 1/4 inches |
| Overall Length: 5 9/16 inches |
| Blade Steel: "Crazy Ladder" Pattern High Carbon Damascus Steel |
| Handle
Material: Abalone
Shell Bolster Material: Ebony |
| Thumb Knob Gemstone: An Orange Sapphire graded IF (which is the highest grade given and means the gemstone is internally flawless and free of inclusions) |
| Filework: On top of blade and liners |
| Liners: Jeweled Medium Yellowstone Linerlock |
| Additional
Information:
Abalone is one of the most
beautiful material for making knife handles. The thick inner layer
of the Abalone shell is composed of
nacre, (also present in Mother-of-Pearl), which makes an
iridescent shell with lots and lots of changeable colors as you
change the angle of view. Abalone grown in the wild are expected to
go extinct in the next 200 years because of over harvesting and
acidification of oceans. So now Abalones are farm raised in order to
protect the species. The Abalone I use in my knife handles come from
farm raised Abalone grown in South Korea. The iridescent inner shell
of these farm raised Abalones is often very curved and does not lend
itself for making knives (you need a flat surface instead of a
curved surface for knife handles). But farm raised Abalone can be
commercially processed to form a very nice and beautiful flat
"sheet" by extracting the beautiful inner shell and then
making flat layers which are then glued together to make a usable
thick, strong, flat shell-- which is perfect for making knife
handles.
Ebony is a super dense black wood that will sink in water. The
wood takes on a beautiful smooth finish when polished and can
sometimes have brownish colored streaks. Ebony is considered an
ornamental wood and historically was used for the black keys of a
piano. Cameroon ebony comes from the Western Africa nation of
Cameroon and was legally obtained.
This wood is one of the most expensive of all woods. |
| Comes With: Pouch and Knife Stand |
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