Here is a Bulldog Anglo-Saxon that I just got back fron Jeff (agteacher2) who owns Jones Cutlery. I've had a few knives done and they always look great. The Paua Select scales on this knife are a laminated product that I bought from the Mother of Pearl Company. The scales are full of color and fire. The lines from the laminations are very hard to see, after a long search I can find only a couple on each side. The scales are 3 1/2 inches long and I know that Paua Abalone rarely go over 5 inches long. So, the only way to get large scales is to get a very RARE large Paua or to go with a laminated product. This product is patented and called Mosaic Abalone. I posted this not only to show off Jeff's work, but to also show that laminated products do have a place in cutlery.
I have bought a few products from this company and they are always nice to talk to, but if the product is not pictured--don't buy it, my opinion. I bought some Black Lip Pearl and was so disappointed that I just gave it to Jeff. I could see every line it had because of the color.
This knife was a Prototype with the worst Winterbottom scales I ever saw, so, I took it out of the Prototype pool and I am very happy with the results, Good Work Jeff!
The knife is resting on another species of abalone shell (Haliotis assimilis), Threaded Abalone and it is not suitable for knives.
Paua Select Abalone Re-handle
Paua Select Abalone Re-handle
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- Anglo-Saxon Paua Select rehandle
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- Mother of Pearl Company ~ Mosaic Abalone ~ Paua Select ~ (Laminated)
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- Mother of Pearl Company ~ Mosaic Abalone ~ Paua Select ~ (Laminated)
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Nice knife Hukk, and excellent work by Jeff...as always.
Man, you sure must like the ocean creatures.
Bill
P. S.
Package on it's way.
Man, you sure must like the ocean creatures.
Bill
P. S.
Package on it's way.
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Yes, I collect seashells of all kinds. I have been a diver and fisherman on the Pacific Ocean the greater part of my life, fishing 36 of my 50 years.El Lobo wrote:Nice knife Hukk, and excellent work by Jeff...as always.
Man, you sure must like the ocean creatures.
Bill
P. S.
Package on it's way.
I must say that I have been very fortunate to have a list of once in a lifetime sightings that non-ocean folks can't even see on TV. Of course I drive my wife nuts at all shell and rock shops. "I wonder how that would look on a knife."