Just got 3 new s...

BladeMaster · #1

Yesterday I went to my local <img src="spyder.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0> dealer and bought 3 new knives. They didn't have any Black Hawks so I got:

- a Cricket w/ SpyderEdge

- a Delica 2 w/PlainEdge

- a Vesuvius w/shell inlay and 50/50Edge

These knives are so cool.

However, I do have one question about the Vesuvius. Is the shell inlay genuine abalone?

Thanks.

liko · #2

If it were real abalone, you'd probably see a small seam where they joined two pieces together to form the inlay. Done right, the only way you could tell would be to look very closely for interruptions in the pattern. An inlay that big would either be joined, fake, or VERY expensive.

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BladeMaster · #3

hey, there is an interruption in the pattern. There is a perfectly straight line that goes halfway down the middle of the inlay and makes a 90 degree turn into the side of the inlay. Its done very nicely and is hard to notice, but it definately joins 2 patterns together.