Knife making

[rleete1948]

Hi
all I just got a new knife blank it is bowie 14 1/4 coffin tang and I was wondering what would be best to use for the handle I have access to some ebony scales however TFW has some buffalo horn scales also what would be best ?

 

[RickD]

I` d go with the ebony

 

[chipper]

Put ebony on one side and buffalo on the other. It might make for an interesting discussion piece some night over an open fire.

Regards
Loyd Shindelbower
Loveland Colorado

 

[Charles D. Prokopp]

Either is period correct, but ebony was the most common and popular. It looks really beautiful when buffed up and is amazingly tough. I love to use the stuff on grips.

 

[Bountyhunter]

Hmmmmmmmm---

Ebony would be correct, and American bison would be correct, water buffalo imported from Indonesia would not be correct. Determine the origin of "buffalo" before you waste your money.

 

[omarick1948]

Hmmmmmmmm---

Ebony would be correct, and American bison would be correct, water buffalo imported from Indonesia would not be correct. Determine the origin of "buffalo" before you waste your money.

Hummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm???
Got ta good out and shoot me some of those Ebonies!.......... :rotf: :rotf: :rotf:

Nevermind...Just haven a little fun with ya!... :wink:

 

[LRB]

If you cannot tell the difference by looking, then what difference does it make?

 

Hmmmmmmmm---

Ebony would be correct, and American bison would be correct, water buffalo imported from Indonesia would not be correct. Determine the origin of "buffalo" before you waste your money.

Sorry but water buffalo can to be "correct" for knives of the 18th and 19th century - It was widely used by the English who imported it from India since at least the 17th Century.
Cartouche knives (18-19th Century), HBC Camp Knives (mid 19th Century), as well as Sheffield Bowies (mid-late 19th Century) all used water buffalo horn as handle scales.