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Dimensions: 40 x 10 x 125mm. Good for Folders and Fultangs.
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Dimensions: 40 x 14 x 125mm. Good for Folders and Fultangs, especially the classic contoured bottle shapes.
Dimensions: 40 x 8 x 125mm. Good for Folders and Fultangs.
Dimensions: 40 x 10 x 100mm. Good for Folders and Fultangs.
Size 128mm x 54mm x 12mm. Click for more info
Size 135mm x 42mm x 13mm. Click for more info
115mm x 40mm x 12mm.
115mm x 40mm x 8mm.
Dimensions: 8 x 125 x 40mm
Dimensions: 40 x 10 x 125These scales come from 60 year planks, good colour with distinctive flecks and graining.
Dimensions: 40 x 10 x 125Good colour with distinctive flecks and graining.
Scales Dimensions: 120 x 40 x 9mm Sold in pairsBotanical name: Guibourtia demeussiOrigin: West AfricaOther names: African rosewood, kevasingoA quality knife handle material.Light pinkish brown in colour often lightly veined in red. Resembles some of the lighter coloured rosewoods and is often tinted to serve as a lower cost alternative to the real thing.
The finest Black Bog Oak from East AngliaDimensions: 10 x 40 x 125mm
Very well figured scales specially imported from CroatiaDimensions may vary slightly: 10 x 45 x 130mm
Size 123mm x 40mm x 9mm. Part seasoned. Click for more info
Size 123mm x 40mm x 9mm. Part seasoned. Sold as matching pairsCamphor Wood. An evergreen of the Laurel family - very aromatic. The burls are very rare. The tree grows to heights of 100 feet with diameters of 2-4 feet. The heartwood is a light yellow-brown, reddish, or sometimes light chocolate with lighter indistinct sapwood. It has a slender and delicate texture and exquisite patterns. It does not distort easily, works very well and takes a good finish, which makes it an approproate wood for knifemaking. Click for more info
Size 123mm x 40mm x 11mm. Part seasoned. Click for more info
8 x 40 x 125mmSold in matched pairs.
6.8 x 28 x 100mmNOT BOOK MATCHEDCould be used on folding knives, Bobtail and Enzo 70 Necker BladesA liner may be needed to bulk the scales a little and help to stabilise the wood.
The scales were photograhed in strong sunlight to reveal their true beauty.SORRY THE DOLLAR EXCHANGE RATE IS VERY POOR AT THE MOMENT..................BREXIT!!It now has cost to import this latest batch £60.00 per set... its the Shipping and British Customs that are making it expensive.Dimensions: 127 x 40 x 10mmVery detailed burls and grain. Quite Dark but very good quality.Sold only as a book matched pair.
Spanish Ironwood (Olneya Tesota).Dimensions: 128 x 43 x 13mmThere are some small fisures that will need some Zap a Gap. Very detailed burls and grain. Quite Dark but very good quality.Sold only as a book matched pair.
Size 123mm x 40mm x 10mm. Click for more info
Size 125mm x 40mm x 10mm. Click for more info
Size 125mm x 40mm x 9mm. Sold as pairs.Indonesian HardwoodThe same tree as Sonokeling rosewood but having darker and heavier wood due to different growth conditions.Indian rosewood is historically one of the main rosewoods of commerce and was traded alongside Brazilian rosewood for hundreds of years. Felling is now strictly controlled by the Indian government and logs are sold by auction to a small number of government approved bidders only. Export is also stritctly controlled by the Indian government to reinforce the value and precious nature of this timber so that it will remain available for a long time into the future. Click for more info
Size 120mm x 38mm x 8mm. Click for more info
Size 120mm x 40mm x 10mm. Click for more info
Newtonia Hilderbrandttii. Air and kiln dried. This reddish brown timber is dense and hard, with alternate dark and light lines and dark, fine specs in the medullary rays. A very pretty timber. It works well and to a good finish using CCL polishes.Scales Dimensions: 10 x 40 x 125mm Depth measurements may vary very slightly.Sold as book matched pars
Size 113mm x 40mm x 11mm. Click for more info
Size 127mm x 40mm x11mm. Click for more info
Dimensions: 125 x 10 x 42mm. Part seasoned. Book matched.Pterocarpus soyauxii. Air and kiln dried.Wonderful bright red to deep orange coloured heartwood with dark streaks. Heart dulls to rich deep brown on exposure to light.Grain is fairly coarse and interlocking but cuts as though soft so is one of the easier African timbers to work with.Creates red dust however well cut. Sands and finishes to an excellent shine and depth, especially with CCL polishes.
Dimensions: 125 x 10 x 42mm. Guibourtia coleosperma Air dried.Not a true Rosewood (Dalbegia) but a member of the Bubinga family (but not CITES Listed) and just maybe, the most beautitiful spacers we have.The colour varies from reddish brown to pink with lighter streaks, some yellow to pale straw colour. Some blanks are reminiscent of Brazilian Tulip. Polishes up really well.It works just like Bubinga, slightly hard but crisp and takes abrasives well.
Size 118mm x 40mm x 8mm. Click for more info
Size 118mm x 40mm x 10mm. Click for more info
Size 118mm x 40mm x 8-9mm. Click for more info
Size 120mm x 38mm x 8-9mm. Click for more info
Origin: Sri LankaDryness: Kiln driedOther names: burutu, bhera, behra, mutirai.Golden yellow with an incredible lustre. Sri Lanka satinwood matches modern satinwood veneer and the satinwood used from the late 19th century to the present day. Dimensions 125x 40 x 10 Sold in pairs. Some quilting and delicate graining effects effects, takes polish really and makes a stunning knife handle
Block Dimensions: 125 x 40 x 10mmBotanical name: Dalbergia latifoliaOrigin: IndonesiaOther names: East Indies rosewood, plantation rosewoodHas distinct Cocobolo look, with deep purple brown, reddish brown, sometimes greenish brown, more or less striped, hard and heavy.Regularly available and reasonably priced rosewood from plantations established by the Dutch on the island of Java.Sonokeling is the same tree as Indian rosewood but differs, presumably because of the plantation origins and to some extent climate, in having a broader colour range and a little less hardness and density.Will make a stunning knifehandle or scales.
Scale Dimensions: 125 x 40 x 10mmOrigin: IndonesiaOther names: plantation rosewoodWill make stunning scales.
120mm x 45mm x 11mm. Sold as pair.A very chuncky set of scales, perfect for catering use or a very large bushcraft panga style knife.
Dimensions: 10-12 x 39 x 125mm Good matching sets, but not book matched.
Scale size: 130mm x 10mm x 40mm. Perfect for scales or spacersNorth African: Tetraclinis artisulateThe burr grows underground as a root burl and is dug out rather than felled. The colour is rich golded brown to orange red. The grain is contorted, hard and full of knots resulting in a beautiful mottled birds eye figure. The timber produces some beautiful patterns, taking an excellent finish.http://www.english-handmade-knives.co.uk/Blenheim.html
Scale size: 125mm x 10mm x 40mm. Perfect for scales or spacers. Book MatchedCountry of Origin: Indonesia. Part of the Paduak tree group with distinct red colours
Dimensions: 9 x 125 x 38mm.Dalbergia variabilis. Tulip is also called: jacaranda, bahia rosewood, pink wood, jacaranda Rosa, and bois de rose. This rosewood is a small tree (shrub) that averages 2-10" in diameter without sapwood. Most billets are 3-5" in diameter as this is a rare species and is only found in small 1" or 2" lumber or veneer and is not plentiful in either. There is a prominent heart defect that prevents many clean boards over 4-5" in width. In fact the average width is only 2-3/8". Weighing about 60 pounds per cubic foot, the wood is dense and takes a very nice polish. Used for fine articles including knife handles, turning, jewelry boxes, and pens. BrazilAs used for the Seven Oaks Knife. See http://www.english-handmade-knives.co.uk/SevenOaksMain.html.
Sold in PairsSize: 124mm x 40mm x 8mm. Part seasoned. Botanical name: Bulnesia sarmientiOrigin: ParaguayAlthough this wood has been used for generations for the same purposes as the genuine lignum vitaes (timber from the genus guiaicum) it has become a more important choice recently because very little of the Guaiacum lignum vitae is currently being exported.Greenish brown to brown with a tight and pronounced interlocked grain, very dense, waxy with self lubricating qualities, hard wearing in almost all the contexts in which lignum vitae has traditionally been used and smells wonderful when being worked.
Dimensions: 13 x 125 x 40mm
Dimensions: 10 x 125 x 40mm
Dimensions: 8 x 125 x 35mm
Dimensions 125x 40 x 9-10mm
Dimensions: 10 x 50 x 172mmThe eyes will need a little Zap-a-Gap.Sold as a matched pairs.
Dimensions: 50 x 8 x 125mm. These scales need a small amount sanding and it would help to use a 1.5 liner to bulk out the thickness. Imported from Albania.The picture shown is a set that has been sanded and treated with CCL Polish.Can be stabilised to further enchance the patterns.
Dimensions: Approx 11x40x120mmKeep and eye out on our Stabilised Blocks Section for a batch that we about to process.
Dimensions: 8 x 40 x 120mm.
Dimensions: 15 x 50 x 107mm. This set needs a little more sanding. Rich red to pink graduating to natural wood browns
Dimensions: 10 x 40 x 125mm Book MatchedA rich red colour with Mahogany like graining quite heavy and dense and will make a good looking knife handle.
Dimensions: 10x 40 x 125mm.
Size 118mm x 9mm x 40mm. Part seasoned. Sold in PairsThe Tree: Cardwellia sublimes,robusta The common name for this tree grown in Australia is "silky oak" of which there are maybe 25+ species included in the family. They go by many names: Australian Silky-oak, Northern Silky-oak, Queensland Silky-oak, bulloak,selena, louro faia. The most common is a tall, straight tree with heights of 100ft and trunk diameter of up to 48". It has become a popular ornamental tree, in parks across Australia and even in the southern US and other tropic zones. It has beautiful yellow-orange flowers in the spring.
10 x 40 x 125mm Sold in Matched PairsOther names: Panga Panga is related and similarVery dark chocolate brown with lighter fine parenchyma streaks. Coarse and harsh to handle, but finishes well.
Dimensions: 10 x 40 x 125mmOrigin MexicoUsually used to make Musical Instruments. We have managed to get hold of a few blocks, most are being sold a blocks but we have a few scales. Strong lines and landscape strata's.
Size 120mm x 40mm x 5mmSold only as pairsSnakeSkin Carbon Fiber, goldish bronze in it makes it even more sparkling and unique. Perfect as a knife scales or for any other project.
Sold only as pairs5 x 40 x 120 Perfect as knife scales or for any other project.
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