Case Raindrop Damascus Canoe in Ironwood

muskrat man · Post by **muskrat man** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 10:48 pm

I just finished this one up for a customer. I'm having a hard time getting a good picture of it, so here are two meteokre pictures, thought ya'll might enjoy seeing it.

Gmarcus · Post by **Gmarcus** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 11:34 pm

muskrat man, I am really enjoying your work.
Very impressive!
Tell me, where does ironwood grow?
Thanks, Gary

muskrat man · Post by **muskrat man** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 12:03 am

idesert ironwood grows out west around az ca and the like.

Hukk · Post by **Hukk** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 1:13 am

That is a real nice piece of desert ironwood for that Damascus, looks great!

I was working with some last week and decided to Google it because I have worked with wood that is harder. I was real surprised to find out that it is a member of the pea family. Here is the link I used, easy to remeber, it was first on the list.
http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/desert_ironwood.htm

I enjoyed seeing your work, thanks for sharing.

El Lobo · Post by **El Lobo** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 4:19 am

Because it is grown in the washes, it could be a member of the "downstream pee...er, pea

" family...here is a non factory knife we own...but it has nice Ironwood...

Nice work M/M...

Bill

muskrat man · Post by **muskrat man** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 5:39 pm

Thanks for the comments guys. Thats a nice lookin' choppe you got there Bill, thanks for the link Hukk, good info