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