nice wood for knife scales

[flash]

hopefully buying a blade off c claycombe, and am gonna make my own scales. i was looking at curly birch as it has a nice grain, anyone else know of some nice looking wood, that would be a suitable scale for a knife.

cheers

flash

 

[baggins]

Flash, have a look at the knife handle material encyclopedia 'sticky'. There's lots of pics of different materials on different blades. You'll see more than one that takes your fancy i'm sure.
Baggins

 

[NatG]

birch is nice, so is walnut or ebony for a hardworking knife, check out www.britishblades.com for any info you might need, have a look through the gallery there for inspiration

 

[bent-stick]

I'm just finishing a knife in Birdeye maple. It's hard as nails and finished to something like bone. If anyone wants a couple of scale sized bits give me a shout. I've got a piece about 24"x6"x3". Thats an awful lot of knives ;

I'll try to get some pictures in day light, just tried it with the flash and it's bleached it out.