Do you know what kind of wood this is?

[Monkeyleg]

I'm looking for some knife handle material, and came across this burl wood knife handle. I don't recognize the wood, and the retailer that sells the knife doesn't know what it is, either. Do you recognize it?

[charby]

Not sure of the species, I'm guessing maple or box elder (a maple) by the color.

this website may help you

http://tommy2feathers.com/Woodtypes.html

[AJ Dual]

Looks a little like Eucalyptus.

Although with a Burl, it's hard to say, since it always looks so off from the regular grain of it's parent wood, even the color can be different.

[Monkeyleg]

I emailed the knife maker to ask. He's Japanese, though, so I might never know.

I'm trying to find another knife scale material, and don't want to do a reddish-brown wood again. I'd like to do something that almost looks like marble, which this does.

[Hawkmoon]

Spalted Maple, perhaps?

[Monkeyleg]

That's what I'm thinking, Hawkmoon. Here's a photo of spalted maple burl from the site Charby referenced:



The wood in the knife handle photo looks a little different, though.

[lee n. field]

I'm looking for some knife handle material, and came across this burl wood knife handle. I don't recognize the wood, and the retailer that sells the knife doesn't know what it is, either. Do you recognize it?

Moccasinwood?

 

[charby]

Buckeye burl would be really pretty

[charby]

check this link out

http://www.radharcknives.com/Woods.htm

[Jamie B]

Peckerwood?

[Brad Johnson]

Do you know what kind of wood this is?

The, um, woody kind?

Brad

[Harold Tuttle]

http://www.fineturnage.com/shop/home.php

[zxcvbob]

Looks like spalted maple (or box elder) burl to me.

[cordex]

[Monkeyleg]

:D :D

I'm sure now that it's spalted maple burl. The question is whether that would look good as scales on a stiletto. It looks good on the knife in the photo, but that's a much different design.

Here's a quick Photochop job: