Sage II w/Wood Scales

[gull wing]

To give this super knife a Gentleman's look for special ocasions, I present fine hardwood scale for just now and then when you don't need it to be tough. Add a .032" titanium scale for strength and done.

[duff72]

looks great

[jabba359]

Nice work there. That is one fine looking mod!

[sixheads]

Wow if i had ur skillz i would put a small choil on my lum and give it jimping both sides.

Great Work !!!!

Sixheads

[Spider bite]

Great looking knife. Nice work :D

[The Deacon]

Very, very nice job! Looks fantastic.

[grubbster]

Great job. What wood is it? It kind of looks like rosewood.

[cougar337]

Wow, I rather like that! looks great

[duff72]

what is the wood you used ?

[araneae]

As always- great job.

[ozspyder]

That is AWESOME !!!!! :p

Great work, I like it.... I like it a lot :D

[gull wing]

Many thanks, I like to share my love of knives with you all.

The wood? - I don't know. A frend gave it to me years ago, said his brother got it from Mexico. He called it Mexican Ebony??? No Ebony in Mexico is there!

[sal]

Exquisite!

Now we have to look for a designer/inventor that used Mexican ebony on his lock designs.

sal

[oregon]

Warm and rich looking wood. Well fitted to a capable knife. Was the wood difficult to work?

I was curious about this knew-to-me wood so I found some info:

Mexican Ebony: AKA Texas Ebony, Pithecolobium (Pithecellobium) flexicaule

Pics of a turned pitcher made of Mexican Ebony: http://traversi.org/hvme-pix.html (pic taken from this link, middle of page: http://traversi.org/hollow.php)

Some background and pics on the Mexican Ebony bush/tree:
http://www.delange.org/TexasEbony/TexasEbony.htm

oregon

[freeman7]

Beautiful job with beautiful wood. I did not think the Sage 2 could be improved upon but you managed to do it.

[mrappraisit]

Warm and rich looking wood. Well fitted to a capable knife. Was the wood difficult to work?

I was curious about this knew-to-me wood so I found some info:

Mexican Ebony: AKA Texas Ebony, Pithecolobium (Pithecellobium) flexicaule

Pics of a turned pitcher made of Mexican Ebony: http://traversi.org/hvme-pix.html (pic taken from this link, middle of page: http://traversi.org/hollow.php)

Some background and pics on the Mexican Ebony bush/tree:
http://www.delange.org/TexasEbony/TexasEbony.htm

oregon

We have these trees all over the Phoenix area. They are nice when in bloom, but not too fun to groom because they have thorns. They also make good firewood, the wood is very hard. Of course after seeing gull wing's work I'm not sure I can bring myself to burn any.

[GeorgeMaggos]

Hey Rich,

man have you been busy since you got your Ti :spyder: Sage II

Great job bro :)

~George

[SimpleIsGood229]

That is very, very nice! Deacon would love it.

[Brad S.]

Nice work yet again Rich... clean work.

That said... I dont care for it much. Wood handles and folders dont do it for me unless the knife has a bolster... Hint Hint. Ti Bolster?

[gull wing]

Thanks again Sal.
Tricod, the bolster I could do, but would have to use a MUCH thicker liner to strengthen handle plus add a bunch of extra screws(3-bolster&2-scale). :confused:
oregon, thanks for the info.
Deacon, I think this is the first time you have ever commented on one of my mods, thanks.

Thank you all!