| Folder
Type:
Large Bozeman Linerlock |
| Blade
Length: 3
inches |
| Overall
Length: 7
5/8 inches |
| Blade
Steel:
"Hailstorm" pattern Damascus high carbon steel |
| Handle
Material: Abalone
Shell |
| Bolster
Material:
Cameroon Ebony |
| 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
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.
he Woolly Rhinoceros is
an extinct species of Rhinoceros that was common throughout Europe
and northern Asia during the Pleistocene which lasted from 2.5
million to 11,700 years ago. This animal became extinct because of
several reasons including hunting, climate change, and diseases. The
Woolly Rhinoceros coexisted with the Woolly Mammoth and both
sometimes shared the same forage areas. The Woolly Rhinoceros used
in the knife handles came from Siberia. Most of these fossils come
from native people who collect them on river banks and from various
digging sites. This particular piece used for the knife handle has
cracks/crevices for character.
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
and provides
a nice contrast to the Abalone Shell. |
| Comes
With: Knife Stand and Pouch
Price:
$325
|
