1. Birch Bark

Birch bark is fungistatic and bacteriostatic, water-repellent, moisture-resistant and slip-proof even when wet. With walnut ferrule.

2. Light Chestnut Wood

Handle made of thermal treated chestnut wood with plastic ferrule and pre-drilled tang hole. Due to the special treatment process the ability of the wood to absorb water is reduced and the resistance against bacteria is increased.

3. Dark Chestnut Wood

Handle made of dark burned chestnut wood with plastic ferrule and pre-drilled tang hole. The wooden surface is brushed after the burning process which is creating a structured appearance and gives the handle a rustic-style. Without finger groove.

4. Magnolia Wood

Handle made of magnolia wood with buffalo horn ferrule. Pre-drilled tang hole.

5. Paduak

Now for some color! Paduak is common exotic often grown on plantations. It has a bright red/ orange tone with not a whole ton of figure. It is stable, strong and very workable. Be careful though, the dust is more toxic than average and the color fades.

6. Pink Ivory

Super hard. Super rare. Super expensive. Super Pink. This stuff comes from South Africa and is pretty crazy. It can range from pale orange to neon pink and can even come curly! Be prepared to pay through the nose for the pink stuff though.

7. Katalox

Another lesser known wood, Katalox is similar to ebony, but is much more purple. It is very heavy, considered one of the heaviest woods in the world. It is also very dense and while not very pricy, hard to find. Check online.

8. Pistachio

Yes. That pistachio. It has an amazing figure that blends swirls of green, brown and black into an interesting form. Hard to find. Reasonably workable for exotic.

9. Ziricote

Not a commonly used wood, Ziricote is none the less a gem. It is quite workable despite its weight, a strong and rather stable dark colored wood known for its rare figure. Ziricote displays a figure known as spider webbing in which complex strands of nearly black wood criss cross the more grey heartwood. A pattern not seen outside incredibly figured Brazilian rosewood.

10. Purple Heart

This is a common wood for new makers, for the reasons that it can be exceedingly purple and is very cheap for an exotic "often close to the price of walnut". The coarse grain structure means it can not be polished to a very high finish and the lack of figure and fading color means this is best suited to either a lower budget knife or a heavy work knife.

11. Lignium Vitae

The wood of life. Lignium is widely considered one of the heaviest and hardest wood on earth. Its like working a brick, but nothing will last longer. It is so oily it can be self lubricating, tough as nails and takes a nice polish. The color is not outstanding, mostly greenish brown, but who cares! Its so damn heavy!

12. Camel Thorn

An interesting wood. Incredibly heavy and hard, it has a deep brown color flecked with black. Imagine a cross of wenge and black palm.