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Laramie Knifeworks -- Abalone and Buffalo Horn Medium Jackson Hole Linerlock
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| Folder Type: Gentlemen Medium Jackson Hole Linerlock |
| Blade Length: 2 3/16 inches |
| Overall Length: 5 9/16 inches |
| Blade Steel: "Hailstorm" Pattern High Carbon Damascus Steel |
| Handle
Material: Abalone Bolster Material: Buffalo Horn |
| Thumb Knob Gemstone: A Yellow 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 Small 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.
The Buffalo Horn I use in my knives is actually from domesticated water
buffalo from Southeast Asia. There
are at least 130 million domesticated water buffalo and more people
depend on them than on any other domesticated animal. The
Buffalo Horn I used in this knife has a nice polished black color. |
| Comes With: Pouch and Knife Stand |
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