FX-110 SPALTED BEECH WOOD HANDLE HUNTING KNIFE

Custom  Spalted Beechwood handle knife with a 5 inch Damascus Twisted  Pattern blade. Over 200 layers of 1095 & 15N20 steel. 56 to 58 HRC on Rockwell Hardness scale. Many timbers can spalt but Beech is one of the most common. Spalting is a term used to describe the process by which certain fungi grow on dead or fallen trees and after colonizing the wood via travelling up the wood cells from the ends or from broken off branches,  leave a most attractive pattern. The process takes 2 to 3 years to reach the ideal stage to cut & season the timber.

The black lines are zone lines created by different species of fungi erecting barriers around their territory! There are primary colonizers who come first and establish territories and then have to defend them against secondary colonizers who are only able to colonize the wood because the primary colonizers have changed the ph of the wood & its structure.  Custom leather sheath with belt loop included,. 

Free shipping to lower 48 states.

International sales must be approved via email and or telephone call. Buyer pays all shipping  and custom fees.

Knife in photo is the knife that you will receive.