Two Stanaback Specials

Posted by: Wally

Two Stanaback Specials - 06/18/19 10:10 PM

Two Stanaback Specials I picked up at BLADE 2019, the Slab side is scheduled for a visit to Mr. Jim Adams in 13 months for "squirrel scrimmin'". The top, 4 inch blade is one of the Captain's first run of ltd editions, #26. Beefy 1/4" stock, they're built like a tank! I'm growing a strong liking for these. Lori has another on order, too.
Posted by: Mell73

Re: Two Stanaback Specials - 07/05/19 09:18 AM

I’m really liking those Stanaback specials! Might have to find me one. Nice knives!
Posted by: Shoot870p

Re: Two Stanaback Specials - 07/05/19 11:01 AM

That slab side is a problem for me. Thoughts of a 4" blade with stag slabs and the finger grooves keeps lingering.
Walker
Posted by: Lori

Re: Two Stanaback Specials - 07/05/19 11:38 AM

Walker, that slab side feels really good in your hand!!
Posted by: Shoot870p

Re: Two Stanaback Specials - 07/05/19 12:58 PM

Lori
How do I say this? You are not helping me out here! First Wally posts picture then you add to the info. I'm going to have to look for an intervention team.
Thanks
Walker
Posted by: CrazyCajun

Re: Two Stanaback Specials - 07/05/19 05:24 PM

My slab stag S Special is my most used knife!
Posted by: Shoot870p

Re: Two Stanaback Specials - 07/05/19 08:18 PM

Capt.
All I have left is "calf rope".
These people are not helping me at all!
That full grip special was nice. If it had the grip I "think" I want. I pushed away from it but I may have to order something soon.
Walker
Posted by: Chief

Re: Two Stanaback Specials - 07/05/19 08:39 PM

Slab sided rules.
Posted by: 1gunner

Re: Two Stanaback Specials - 07/05/19 08:48 PM

Chief, OUTSTANDING!!! Good on you.
Tom Philumalee, RKCCC CM-099,RKS #3081
Posted by: Chief

Re: Two Stanaback Specials - 07/05/19 09:12 PM

Originally Posted By: 1gunner
Chief, OUTSTANDING!!! Good on you.
Tom Philumalee, RKCCC CM-099,RKS #3081


Tom....what's up boss how ya been. Thanks for the kind words.
Of course most of them should go to Guido & the Captain for helping me pull this together.
The Captain kept ordering me his special till we got a killer one for a scrim in.
then Guido got it to Italy & back after having Francesco Salvadori scrim it.
Posted by: Shoot870p

Re: Two Stanaback Specials - 07/05/19 09:22 PM

Excellent, Chief
Walker
Posted by: Lori

Re: Two Stanaback Specials - 07/05/19 09:28 PM

Chief, show us that other SSP you scored at Blade. You know the one that is related to ours. Walker really needs to see that one.
Posted by: CrazyCajun

Re: Two Stanaback Specials - 07/06/19 08:04 AM

Chief, That's quite the project! There' just something about dat swamp water down there. Great knife work!
Posted by: Chief

Re: Two Stanaback Specials - 07/06/19 12:46 PM

Originally Posted By: Lori
Chief, show us that other SSP you scored at Blade. You know the one that is related to ours. Walker really needs to see that one.


Side by side
Posted by: Wally

Re: Two Stanaback Specials - 07/06/19 01:17 PM

Oof... whatta beauty!
Posted by: Shoot870p

Re: Two Stanaback Specials - 07/06/19 01:45 PM

Excellent pair there, Chief. Those are super.
Walker
Posted by: Chief

Re: Two Stanaback Specials - 07/06/19 05:30 PM

Have two coming in chitum brier.
I never like them both so this way I will get one.
I used to have one in elephant ivory, but couldn't get it scrimed. Wish I had it now that I can get it done.
Posted by: rodbrown

Re: Two Stanaback Specials - 07/06/19 05:33 PM

Chief
What the heck is chitin brier? Never heard of it. I know look it up on Google!!
Is it the same as brier root?
Posted by: Chief

Re: Two Stanaback Specials - 07/06/19 05:56 PM

this
Posted by: Chief

Re: Two Stanaback Specials - 07/06/19 05:59 PM

Looks better on a knife than as a block of wood.
Last time since they didn't match the "Good" Captain looking out for me like he does, talked me out of both of them, "Since they didn't match"! LOL
Posted by: Chief

Re: Two Stanaback Specials - 07/06/19 06:07 PM

Now that we are talking about Ivory Stanaback specials......anybody have one in elephant or Walrus?
Posted by: Chief

Re: Two Stanaback Specials - 07/06/19 07:06 PM

One more to look at not mine......at least not yet.
Posted by: CrazyCajun

Re: Two Stanaback Specials - 07/06/19 08:50 PM

I believe it to be Chittum Burl which comes from the American Chittum or Smoke Tree. It only grows in limestone and is said to be only obtainable by chiseling or dynamiting the limestone. Picked this up at my first Blades Show in like.. 2011 or 2012. But.... Been wrong before!
Posted by: Chief

Re: Two Stanaback Specials - 07/06/19 10:46 PM

LOL probably right my English isn't so good!
Posted by: pappy19

Re: Two Stanaback Specials - 07/06/19 11:59 PM

Actually, as a graduate forester, I am very familiar with the Chittum tree. The name came from the Chitt Indians, who didn't give a chit about much, especially the Chittum tree, thus it became a rare wood. Now you know.

Pap
Posted by: GCTom41

Re: Two Stanaback Specials - 07/07/19 05:50 AM

Chief,

Both awesome scrim!

Great idea for my slab side Stanaback Special; thinking a Mount Rushmore scrim.

Tom Flynn
Posted by: Shoot870p

Re: Two Stanaback Specials - 07/07/19 07:43 AM

Very nice y'all.
Walker
Posted by: W Polidori

Re: Two Stanaback Specials - 07/07/19 07:47 AM

That Chittum looks alot like Thuya Burl.
Posted by: Captain Chris Stanaback

Re: Two Stanaback Specials - 07/07/19 08:21 AM

I have always ordered it from my suppliers and they have had it listed as "Cheatham Briar", spelled exactly like this and I don't know if we are talking about the same wood or not. Chief's matching blocks I am using looks similar to my Cheatham only his has been dyed. Per chance, they are 2 separate items?
Best, Capt. Chris
Posted by: W Polidori

Re: Two Stanaback Specials - 07/07/19 08:59 AM

Cheatham Briar doesn't exist according to Google. No returns on search.
Posted by: CrazyCajun

Re: Two Stanaback Specials - 07/07/19 01:14 PM

Here's a 25th anniversary Stanaback Special in Thuya for comparison.
Posted by: W Polidori

Re: Two Stanaback Specials - 07/07/19 01:24 PM

Your Thuya looks similar to Chief's two blocks of Chittum.
Posted by: CrazyCajun

Re: Two Stanaback Specials - 07/07/19 02:26 PM

yeah, looks closer to Chief's 2 than the wood on the "Who Dat" Saints knife!
Posted by: Chief

Re: Two Stanaback Specials - 07/07/19 02:53 PM

The blocks are a yellowish color with reds eyes.
Regardless of what it's called It's hard to find as Pappy stated.
I've had it call Burl & Briar, reminds me of buckeye as it has all the red eye in it.
Posted by: Chief

Re: Two Stanaback Specials - 07/07/19 02:55 PM

Originally Posted By: GCTom41
Chief,

Both awesome scrim!

Great idea for my slab side Stanaback Special; thinking a Mount Rushmore scrim.

Tom Flynn


Thanks Tom, we think alike I was thinking of American Indian version of it.
Posted by: CrazyCajun

Re: Two Stanaback Specials - 07/07/19 03:07 PM

Can't wait to see the results of all of the above what ever they are called... The end results are the prize!
Posted by: Holzinger258

Re: Two Stanaback Specials - 07/07/19 05:28 PM

I have heard that Chittum is a very rare wood; that it almost never burls and if so, only in very small quantity. first pic is of Chittum pistol scales.
Second pic is a custom friction folder with Chittum burl wood scales.
Third is samples from Rare Woods & Veneers in Atlanta.
(They look quite different to me, but the grain is sure beautiful.)
Posted by: Holzinger258

Re: Two Stanaback Specials - 07/07/19 05:35 PM

Wikipedia says:
"Cotinus obovatus, the American smoketree, chittamwood, or American smokewood, is a rare species of flowering plant native to Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, Alabama and Tennessee. It produces pink-grey flowers in summer, and its foliage turns a brilliant scarlet in autumn; considered by many to be the most intense fall color of any tree. It is highly sought after and cultivated in botanical gardens worldwide."
Posted by: BladesNBarrels

Re: Two Stanaback Specials - 07/07/19 05:58 PM

Originally Posted By: Chief
Originally Posted By: GCTom41
Chief,

Both awesome scrim!

Great idea for my slab side Stanaback Special; thinking a Mount Rushmore scrim.

Tom Flynn


Thanks Tom, we think alike I was thinking of American Indian version of it.


I think there is one underway.
Posted by: Billy Poyner

Re: Two Stanaback Specials - 07/07/19 08:10 PM

It's not an SSP but the handle is Cheatham Briar.