Capt. et al

I was just talking to Greg Gutcher and he said the wood I thought was Ebony, is in fact Ebony. Greg had talked to GTR about different colors of Ebony. There are in fact, as mentioned, different types/species of Ebony. As well on a tree, the dark wood is on the outside and as you work your way towards the middle the wood becomes black and "white/light" and in the middle it is very light. According to "the Shop" the very light/inner wood is too soft for knife handles.

There you go, Ebony 101.