Roy its rosewood burl. Bought nice jag of it. Want it on your in progress.
Knife is sold
It's pretty but I'll stay with the micarta I sent.
I would never argue that micarta isn't more functional but by my way of thinking, "life is too short to hunt with an ugly knife."
I agree, but this knife will be used for cleaning trout mostly and will get plenty wet, so I just don't want a "looker" for that. This one will be my "Echols Legend Knife" ....