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Old 08-14-2014, 10:43 PM
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Dymond wood is a dyed, stabilized, hardwood laminate that I for one just love.

Yes it was used on many cheap knives from the middle east, but I don't care. If you don't go with the crazy colors and stick with solids or the stuff with the black ink between veneers, it is quite lovely.

The indigo blue was what I used on the first knife I ever made. My Dad still carries that knife proudly and the handle is still going strong.

It is everything that we want in handle material where working and durability are concerned. It polishes so easily that you can't screw it up.

I don't put a maker's mark on my knives anymore, but if I did, I wouldn't hesitate to do so on a Dymondwood handled blade. I've read herein where many makers would not use Dymondwood, but they happily use G-10 or Micarta which are just as cheap and come on many cheap knives out of Pakistan. At least Dymondwood is WOOD. I just don't understand the hipocracy.

The best thing is the smell. It reminds me of that first knife and all the excitement I felt that day.

It's settled... I was wondering what to handle a stainless Damascus (Damasteel) blade with that I've had on the bench for a couple of days. Indigo blue with black ink. I will also use some Rosewood with black ink on another blade in the works.

I won't use it on every knife, but I would use it on any knife.


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Old 08-15-2014, 04:46 PM
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like kydex , is cheap , looks cheap


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I like the solid colors, but that smell is just like the phenolic used for micarta. I will use it, but only outside. I have an order for some kitchen knives that will end up over $400 and I have a customer who (my uncle) will be putting it in the dishwasher. Neither Dymond wood or micarta will stand too many cycles of that so it is going to have be (yech) acrylic. I chose TKS inlace acrylester, molten metal and it is gorgeous. It's like gemstone. I am happy with the way it looks and it will hold up to the dishwasher with Loveless screws so that the scales cannot lift up from the heat. I will send a polishing rag with 3000 grit diamond compound for them to polish it when it gets dull. Not even dymondwood will go through too many dishwasher cycles and micarta will get raggedy on the ends too, but he doesn't want something as plain as micarta anyway. I have to hurry and finish these knives as he is pushing 80.

I told my uncle I have some gorgeous cocobolo, but he doesn't care and the customer is always right.
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Old 02-13-2016, 08:56 AM
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The value of a knife is in the quality of the design and expertise in execution. Price of materials is irrelevant.

No one bags on 1084 or 1095 steels because they are cheap. No one bags on G-10 which is just as cheap as Dymondwood.

Give me a well-made and intelligently designed 1095 and Dymondwood knife over a blocky, poorly finished, and ill-conceived knife that just happens to be made out Damasteel and mammoth tooth, any day.

A poor knife made with 'premium' expensive materials may not be worth the price of the materials.
A high-quality knife made from ANYTHING will be worth many times the cost of materials and the time spent making it.

I just finished a VEGA 12 in which, I used my last chunk of Bertie Reitveld Dragonskin Damascus. I wish I had thought to put Dymondwood on it..., just to make a point.

Just my opinion..., of course.


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