LWK - Bench Knife #2404 - Osage orange

Osage orange Bench Knife

This small curved blade is made for detail work and the asymmetrical shape allows different options for the most effective approach to your cutting line

With regular stropping, this full tang blade of 440c stainless steel will hold an edge for 6 months or more. Leather sheath included. Ergonomically shaped ovoid handle fits into your palm, which minimizes stress. All woods are stabilized so that they will not absorb moisture; this prevents the normal movement of untreated wood, which can develop cracks and swelling due to humidity changes over time.

• Handle: Orange Osage over-laid on ebony Resinwood with Brass pins.
• Blade: Full tang, 440c stainless steel
• Pins: brass
• Dimensions (approx.): 5 1/2" with a 3 3/4" handle x 2 5/8" wide (blade width from point to point)
• leather sheath included

Osage orange originally could be found in the Red River drainage of Oklahoma, Texas and Arkansas, as well as the Blackland Praries and today it has been naturalized in all 48 contiguous states. Osage orange was one of the primary trees used in President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's "Shelterbelt" WPA project, launched in 1934 as an ambitious plan to modify weather and prevent soil erosion in the Great Plains states. By 1942 there were 30,233 shelterbelts containing 220 million trees that stretched for 18,600 miles.