| Folder
Type:
Large Teton Linerlock |
| Blade
Length: 2
15/16 inches |
| Overall
Length: 7
1/16 inches |
| Blade
Steel:
"Crazy Ladder" pattern Damascus high carbon steel |
| Handle
Material: Spalted
Hickory |
| Bolster
Material:
Curly Koa |
| 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) |
| Zippered
Filework:
On
top of blade and liners |
| Liners:
Jeweled
Linerlock |
| Additional
Information: Hickory is a deciduous tree and the wood is hard, dense, strong, stiff
and tough. Its used whenever you make an item that needs super
strong wood, like skis, tool handles, drum sticks, and golf club
shafts to name a few. The wood is rather plain and light-colored but
when it becomes spalted the wood is mind-blowing. Spalted Hickory is wood that was in the process of rotting and had fungi
in the wood. The fungi made swirly brown lines throughout the
light-colored wood and results in some wild looking figure.
Koa is a large tree that is native to Hawaii. Historically, Koa
was used to make outrigger canoes and surfboards. The wood is
reddish and is now used for furniture and musical instruments. Koa
is a scarce wood because most Koa forests have been turned into
pasture and animals love to eat the seedlings. Now most of the Koa
comes from dead or dying trees on private property. Koa can take on
a curly appearance which look like 3-D ripples
or waves in the grain pattern. Curly Koa is highly desirable,
scarce, expensive, and used in high dollar guitars with some guitars
fetching $3,000 and more. Fender guitar made a limited edition
models of the Telecaster and Stratocaster in 2006. The Koa I use in
my knives is of the highest grade and has a large amount of 3-D
curls. This Koa came from a storm damaged on the Island of Hawaii
near the Kilauea volcano on private property.
|
| Comes
With: Knife Stand and
Sheath
Price:
$325
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