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Laramie Knifeworks -- Abalone and Streaked Buffalo Horn Lil Brute Folder Knife
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| Knife Type: Lil' Brute |
| Blade Length: 1 1/2 inches |
| Overall Length: 3 7/8 inches |
| Blade Steel: "Islands In The Stream" pattern Damascus High Carbon Steel |
| Handle
Material: Abalone
Bolsters: Streaked Buffalo Horn |
| Filework: On top of blade |
| 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
Comes With: Pouch and Knife Stand |
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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 Streaked 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, has a large amount of streaks, and provides a nice contrast to the Abalone. |
| Price: $200 |
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