Damascus And Lead Wood From South Africa

A friend brought me a piece of South African Lead Wood from a tree on his farm.
I decided to put it on this hidden tang blade.
Blade Damascus crushed W's laddered 1080 / 15N20 by maker
Curved bolster with stainless and fiber spacers and a stainless pin in the tang.
Hope you like it.

 

Yet another beauty...

I have never heard about Lead Wood. But it looks nice.

 

Yup, beautiful. Aw man I love that pattern.

Is lead wood as heavy as it sounds?

 

Very nice. I really like the layered bolster.

 

I think it is about like iron wood for density

 

A real beauty Cal. I'd carry that every day.

 

Love that Bolster, really goes well with the Damascus.

 

Thanks for the comment on the bolster. I started making those last year and they are a real pain to bend all the pieces with the same radius and then glue all the spacers to them. I have made some jigs and dies for my press so it goes a lot faster now than in the beginning.
I am always looking for something different on my knives that helps to make them unique.