Purple Heart
Grows in Mexico, Central America, Brazil and Guyana. Color is dull brown When we cut it, but turns deep purple with age and exosition to UV. It has little figure, a even texture and it is hard and heavy. (See a knife with this wood)

Bocote
Grows in Mexico and Central America
Color is tobacco yellow to reddish brown with black stripes, often highly figured with eyes. It is Hard, heavy, oily and takes a good finish. (See a knife with this wood)

African Blackwood
Grow in East and South Africa. Color is dark purplish brown with black streaks, giving a nearly black effect. It is exceptionally dense, very hard and heavy wood, slightly oily with very fine texture. It take an outstanding finish. (See a knife with this wood)

Cocobolo
Grow in Panama, Costa Rica and Nicaragua. A wood which can have several variety of color, varies from red to dark brown to gold to yellow. It is very dense, oily and very durable. (See a knife with this wood)

Maple
Grow in North America. Creamy white to light brown or reddish brown in color. It is hard and as fine texture. The Birdseye burl Maple has small eyes scattered throughout its surface. Curly maple has wavy lines that make a shell pattern or parallel curving lines. Fiddleback Maple possesses parallel lines of wavy grain. Maple Burl present incredible figures and patern swirled with variations of color.

Bloodwood
Grow in Brasil. Color varies from Rich strawberry red, sometimes with golden yellow stripes, to rich deep red. This Hard and heavy wood take a high lustrous finish. (See a knife with this wood)

Wenge
Grow in Congo Brazzaville and Zaire. Color is dark brown to black with fine veining. Dur et lourd. Hard and heavy with a coarse texture.

Lacewood
Grow in Australia or Brazil. Color is light brown to reddish brown with a moderately coarse even texture. The Lacewood's attractive and figurative grain looks like small scales. (See a knife with this wood)

Rosewood
Comes from India and Indonesia. Dark purplish brown with blackish streaks, light violet to almost black. The Rosewood family contains numerous others variety and origins. It is heavy dense wood that is naturally oily. (See a knife with this wood)

Black palmwood
Grows in Panama. The outer part of the trunk consists of numerous fine, black fibers crowded densely together and surrounded by lighter colored material. The end grain gives the effect of lizard or snake skin

Snakewood
Originaire de la Guyane Française. Bois dur et rare à l'apparence d'une peau de serpent ou de léopard. Il poss;de un grain fin et une couleur variant du brun-roux-orangé avec des taches brunes.

Thuya burl
Originaire de l'Afrique du Nord la ronce est récolté sous terre, dans la racine l'arbre. D'une couleur variant du brun riche à un jaune-orangé, il possède grain fin qui présente parfois des petits noeuds (en forme de yeux) et de superbes motifs tourbillonnés.

Carbon fiber
Composite material made from carbon fiber (graphite) and resin. This material is very strong and lightweight (more strong than the steel, but lighter). Carbon fiber regularly replaces steel in many applications (Racing cars, planes, helicopters or space shuttle...)

Micarta
Matériel synthétique fait de papier (Paper Macarta), de tissus (Linnen Micarta) ou de toile épaisse (Canvas Micarta), imprégné de résine phénolique traité sous pression. Disponible dans une grande variété de couleurs. Le Micarta est un matériel très résistant et très peu sensible à l'eau, au froid, à la chaleur, à la pourriture ou à la corrosion. (See a knife with Micarta handle)

G10
Matériel synthétique fait de fibre de verre imprégnée de résine époxy sous pression. Disponible dans un choix de couleurs limité. Le G10 est un matériel très résistant et très peu sensible à l'eau, au froid, à la chaleur, à la pourriture ou à la corrosion. (See a knife with G10 handle)

Mammoth ivory
The ivory come from mammoth tusk Who lived more than 10000 years ago. These tusks are found in the "Permafrost" (permanently frozen ground) of Alaska and Sybérie. Contrary to what a lot of peoples thinks, the Mammoth ivory is perfectly legal!

The mammoth ivory color is generally beige, cream-white or light brown. In some cases, the tusk are found in grounds containing various metal oxides, causing a unique coloring of the external bark. Copper oxides giving a blue-green color whereas iron oxides give brown tint.

Bones
Material used by men from immemorial time. Color is cream-white or beige at the normal state, he can be dyed to give a multitude of colors. Once polished, the bone can looks like the ivory.

Antlers and stags (Moose antlers, Deer antlers, Elk antlers, etc.)

Another materialused for a very long time to make tools and weapons. Wood of cervids "grow and fall" every year, thus no pain is made to the animal. According to the species, the color changes (generally brown to beige or white) and sometimes they can be very textured (small bumps or grooves) or smooth.

ATS-34 Steel
Stainless steel made in Japan.
Very hard steel with a very good edge holding (A little more than the 440c).

440c Steel
Stainless steel named "surgical steel". Better resistance to corrosion (more stainless) than the ATS-34.

O-1 Carbone Steel
Carbon steel offering a very good cutting ability but much it is more sensitive to corrosion.

DAMAS Steel
Damas steel is a combination of two steel (or more) having been forged together and twisted or folded. Some acid is used to bring out patern; one of both steel reacting more to the acid and it results a darker parts, other parts remaining more bright, provoking the characteristics damas patern.

* Other steel can be used on demand.

Non-ferrous metals (Brass, copper, bronze)
Of a warm color (yellow, brown orange or gold), they lose their sheen for a patina of variable color after a while. Some peoples prefer to keep this patina whereas the others prefer to maintain the new and clean aspect (polishing paste and a rag are enough to give to the guards or bolster their new aspect).

Stainless steel (416)
Of the same color as the blade ("silver" color), the 416 stainless steel is less sensitive to corrosion and is very resistant. He can receive a mirror finish or a satin finish.

Other materials
The guards and bolsters can be made with many other materials. They can be also made with the same materials used for the handle of the knife (wood, G10, carbon fiber, ivory)