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Woods At Salamander Armoury we offer a large assortment of "Standard" and "Exotic" woods, Wire Patterns and Exotic Materials. Only finest materials we can obtain are used, whether it is a piece of exotic hardwood, imported stag, horn or Ivory each piece is carefully selected for it's beauty and its suitability. Please browse through our selections of grip materials and styles to find the one best suited to your particular taste. If you do not see what you want, please ask and we will do our best to accommodate you. |
We offer the following grip shapes: |
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| Straight Tapered Grip |  |
| Hock Bottle Grip |  |
| Oval Grip |  |
| African Blackwood | This wood is very very hard and very very black, 100 times the wood Ebony is. Occasionally exhibits some lighter charcoal gray with black figure, but usually is 100% black. |
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| Bocote (aka Cordia) | This is a dark yellow wood with darker brown figure. | Picture not available at this time |
| Coco-Bola | A beautiful and highly figured wood that ranges from dark purple to vermilion red, to gold, to yellow. This beautiful wood is our favorite. |
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| Kingwood | This wood is a light to medium purple color with darker grains figure. Was the "wood of choice" in the latter part of the 19th Century for trade knives and furniture | Picture not available at this time |
| Pao Ferro | A dense, dark brown wood, similar to good Walnut, but ever so much harder | Picture not available at this time |
| Pistachio | This wood is rather unusual as it has a green/yellow tint with darker grain. Very close grain and very hard. | Picture not available at this time |
| Brazilian Cherry | A red colored wood with darker red figure. Somewhat open grained, still a very attractive wood. Usually available in dagger sized grip pieces. | Picture not available at this time |
| Purple Heart | Talk about a wild color. vibrant purple hues and very hard. Starts out almost white when first cut, but darkens into a very rich purple color as it "ages". Usually available in dagger sized pieces. | Picture not available at this time |
| Red Heart | Talk about red! This is the "reddest" wood we have ever seen. A little "open" grained but still a nice wood with gorgeous color. Sometimes available in sword grip sized pieces, but mostly in dagger sizes. | Picture not available at this time |
| Tulip Wood | This wood is very striking and a favorite of the ladies. A yellow/cream background with bright pink figure. Available in dagger sized grips. | Picture not available at this time |
| We have access to literally dozens of different exotic hardwoods. If you have a favorite, and we can locate some for you, we will be more than happy to use it. Some of these woods are VERY expensive and we will have to adjust the prices of the finished product accordingly. | ||
| Horn | We use only the finest black buffalo horn available. Most of this material is imported from India or the Philippines. Water buffalo are no where near being extinct, 50 million of them graze the plains of Asia. This material finishes with an almost glass like smoothness and exhibits a "grain" similar to wood. | Picture not available at this time |
| Stag | With the world market being as
it is, and since we use only the finest stag we can find this supply is at times limited.
In the past few years stag prices have risen some 500% over what they were.
Regardless of this, we still try to obtain the finest pieces for the best possible price.
Our stag comes from India and is either Sambar or Sitka Deer. Occasionally we
do get in some Red Deer from New Zealand, but that is very rarely.
DUE TO THE INDIAN GOVERNEMENTS
BAN ON THE EXPORT OF STAG, WE NO LONGER OFFER THIS MATERIAL FOR GRIPS. |
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| Bone | For centuries bone has been a favorite grip material for knives and swords, but it has "faded" from popularity and we cannot understand why. We use fully steam cleaned and sterilized bone. This material is available in the natural off white/buff color or dyed black. The dyed bone can have color ranges from totally black to light charcoal gray. It is impossible to tell how much dye will be absorbed and what the finished piece will look like. But either way, it is an attractive grip material. Both the natural bone and the dyed material is stabilized under vacuum with cyanoacetate. This material also available in some styles as one, two or three piece grips, with our without bronze studs. |  |
| Herring Bone |  |
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| Single Wire |  |
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| Standard Chevron |  |
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| Solid Bronze | This is a twisted strand of bronze wire |
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| Bronze and Iron | This is a twisted strand of bronze and a untwisted strand of iron wire next to it. |
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| Chevron Bronze and Iron | This grip is our most popular. It is two opposite direction twisted wires with a untwisted iron wire. This gives a "herring bone" or Chevron effect to the grip. |
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| Solid German Silver | This is the same as the solid bronze, but in German Silver | Picture not available at this time |
| German Silver and Bronze | A very popular combination. | Picture not available at this time |
| Chevron German Silver | This is our second most requested grip pattern. Very striking with blued steel fittings. | Picture not available at this time |
| Fluted grips | We may flute any of the Bone, Horn of Stag grips. The effect is quite striking and beautiful. This fluting is done by hand and is quite labor intensive, but we like to offer it as an option. |
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| Two, Three or Four Piece Grips. | Multiple piece grips are available and your imagination is the limit. Dyed bone with undyed bone with bronze disk separators is popular, but this can be done with just about any of the grips. |  |
| Studded Bone, Horn and Stag. | Grips studded with bronze and/or silver studs is very attractive and improves the "Grip" upon the grip. |
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| Ivory | Ivory is
still a legal material as long as it is what is referred to as "pre ban" ALL
IVORY WE USE IN PRE-BAN LEGAL IVORY. We use no illegally obtained material.
The price of this wonderful material is expensive and will be dependant upon the
"market price" at the time the order is completed. The ivory we have was
"harvested" approx. 100 years ago and has a beautiful off white. almost light
honey color due to the age of this material. We usually DO NOT have any ivory gripped
blades in stock unless it is a full blown Custom Shop blade for a special occasion.
Figure on the additional expense of at least $200.00 for an ivory knife grip. Please, before you order a ivory grip check with your State to make certain you will not be in violation of any laws by possessing this material. We will NOT be responsible for any legal actions that may result if you are in violation of any laws. |
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| Fossil Ivory | We do have
an inventory of fossil ivories such as Mastodon, Fossil Walrus, and Wooly Mammoth ivories.
These materials are all 100% legal in all 50 States of the United States and most
countries world wide. Fossil Ivory is a beautiful material with colors than range from light honey amber, to tan, top brown to black, with even some rarely seen greens, blues and reds. The coloration all depends upon what minerals are present in the earth in the are where the animal expired. Mostly seen colors are the tans and browns. |
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