FOLDING KNIVES: WHAT HANDLE MATERIAL TO CHOOSE ?

Besides the fact that people have different tastes, the choice of the handle material can be influenced by the fact that the future knife holder is careful or not.

The most fragile materials are horntip, horn, stag wood and bone.
The wood are generaly stronger.
Massive stainless steel or aluminium handles have an ideal resistance for people with a very untidy nature or activities such as fishing.

Horn and wood are natural materials presenting lot of shades.
Those shades are beautiful and one handle is unique.

Acacia Black locust Akazie	France
Amandier Almond tree Mandelbaum	France
Amboine (loupe) Amboina burl Amboniaholz	Asie
Amourette Snakewood Schlangenholz	Guyane
Bélier avec croûte (corne) Ram horn with crust Widder horn mit kruste	France
Bois de Cerf Stag horn Hirsch horn	France
Bois de rose Rosewood Rosenholz	Guyane
Bois serpent Marblewood Marmorholz	Guyane
Bois de violette Purplewood Veilchenholz	Guyane
Bouleau European birch Birke	Europe
Bulnésia South american ironwood Bulnesia holz	Guyane
Bruyère Briar burl Baumheideholz	Europe
Buffle avec croûte (corne) Buffalo horn with crust Büffelhorn mit kruste	Afrique – Europe
Buis Boxwood Buchsbaum	France
Cade - genévrier Juniperwood Wacholder	France
Cep de vigne Vyniard wood Weinbaum	France
Châtaignier Chestnut wood Kastanie	France
Chêne de barrique Oak from barrels Weinfass aus eiche	France
Chêne vert Green oak Eichenholz	France
Corail fossile stabilisé Stabilized fossil coral stabilisierten fossilen Korallen
Cuir (galuchat) Stingray leather
Dent de phacochère Whartog teeth Warzenschwein	Afrique
Ebène Ebonywood Ebenholz	Afrique
Erable stabilisé (loupe) Stabilized maple burl Ahorn (wurzelholz-stabilisiert)	Canada
Frêne (loupe) Ashwood burl Asche (wurzelholz	France
Hêtre stabilisé Beech wood – stabilized Buchenholz - stabilisiert	France Aubrac
Hêtre teinté bleu Beech wood – blue color Buchenholz - mit blauer Farbe	France Aubrac
Mammouth fossile Mammoth – fossil Mammut	Russie
Mammouth–molaire stabilisée Mammoth-stabilized teeth Mammut-backenzahn	Russie
Mammouth–morceaux stabilisés Mammoth-stabilized pieces Mammuth-stabilisierten Stücke	Russie
Morta (chêne des marais) Oak – fossilized Eiche morta	Europe est
Mûrier Mulberry wood Maulbeerbaum	France
Nacre Mother of pearl Perlmutt	Asie
Noyer Wallnut Nussbaum	France
Olivier Olivewood Olivenholz	France
Orme Elm wood Ulmenholz	France
Os (bovin) Cow bone Rinderknochen	France
Os stabilisé (bovin) Cow bone –stabilized Rinderknochen -stabilisiert	France
Palmier Palmwood Palmenholz	Panama
Paperstone	USA
Peuplier stabilisé (fourche) Poplar burl –stabilized Pappelholz -stabilisiert	France Aubrac
Pistachier Pistachiowood Pistaziebaum	France
Platane Planewood Flugzeugbaum	France
Pointe de corne (clair-foncé) Horn tip-clear of dark color Spitzhorn-klar oder dunkle Farbe	Afrique
Poirier Pear wood Birnenbaum	France
Pommier Apple wood Apfelbaum	France
Prunier Plum wood Pflaumenbaum	France
Thuya Thuya Lebensbaum	France

Origin and location of Morta

Second marsh in France after Camargue, Briere is in the Loire Atlantique on the peninsula of Guérande. It is in this marsh that found Morta.
Highly mineralized, the dead wood is a fossil. Hard and very dark, it is difficult to work. The wood is dense and loaded with silica.
5000 years ago, Briere was a forest consisting mainly of oaks. As a result of landslides, the forest was gradually buried by the Atlantic Ocean. These transgressions and regressions of the ocean has gradually shaped the marsh. Lying in the mud deposited by the ocean, the trees are slowly fossilized.
They are now found buried in peat. Black and spongy at the time of extraction, the dead must dry for several months in the ground before being worked. He has a strong tendency to split as it dries. That is why the morta must be protected from the sun, heat and rain. On one track from the marsh, only 10% will be used. This makes its rarity.
Difficult to exploit, for always buried in peat. It is therefore necessary to remove it, wait for the dry season to reach it.

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