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The scales on this knife are from a VERY rare one of a kind jasper found as a boulder in the Skokomish River in Wasington State. As it is a one of a kind stone I am calling it Skokomish River Flower Jasper. The boulder was about 20 to 24 inches across and contains several interesting sections with an agate band; a band with mostly yellow jasper with structures that look like yellow flowers with red centers and a section with a mix of agates and jaspers with a very unusual hemitite webbing. I did this knife to see how the stone polished and it is a WOW beautiful stone. I only was able to get a small amount of this one boulder and I have to make three custom knives for payment for the small amount I was able to get.

Mike,
That is some absolutely beautiful handle material. It almost looks like you're looking through the outer layer down into the stone. As usual you have done a magnificent job with that knife. Wonderful work.
Phil

Beautiful as usual Mike!

that is some amazing looking stone, I think of all the knives you've done so far that is the best one. simply amazing.

WOWWWWWWWWWWW !! That is GORGEOUS. Spectacular work RED

Nice work Mike!

Mike, that is stunning. Fit and finish are the best, as usual.

I to like this one.

Love the thinner handles too.

justold52 - I can only do the thin ones cut flush to the bolsters on knives with thicker bolsters as I cannot cut a flat surface. So I have to reprofile the bolsters to have a curve to them and taper them to the end. The Buck 110 is proving to be the best knife for this. Case XX Whalers and some Case XX trappers also seem to be working out okay too. Cutting the metal and stone flush on the diamond belts is brutal to them and they cost $154.00 each.

I do like the thick stone as I can put some nice feeling curves into the stone and for structural strength in the stone. The thinner I cut the stone the more scales I have fail in the grinding phase. So, I just added another patern to do with the flush cut ones.

Here are some pictures of three I finished today -

One thin flush cut(Dease Lake Jade), one medium flush cut Skokomish River Flower jasper) and one thick "full sexy" with lots of curves that feel good in hand (hard agate Dinosaur Gem Bone).