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Our materials

 

We carefully select our materials for the manufacture of handles.

 

AMOURETTE

Amourette-Snakewood from French Guyana.  



BLACK BUFFALO HORN

1st choice solid buffalo black horn tip.

BLUE FOSSILIZED MAMMOTH IVORY

Selection of the nicest blue color fossilized mammoth ivory scales (Origin : Siberia).

BOCOTE

Mexican Rosewwod



BONE

Real cow bone



BOXWOOD

1st choice Boxwood


BRASS

Black resin with brass inlay.



BRONZE

Black resin with bronze inlay.


BROWN FOSSILIZED MAMMOTH IVORY

Real mammoth fossilized ivory. Unique and stunning looking. Color range is from creamy white to darker brown.



CURLY BIRCH

 1st choice patterned curly birch. 



EBONY

 1st choice Ebony wood.


GIRAFFE BONE

Stabilized and colored giraffe bone.


HORN TIP

1st choice real cow horn tip; we do not use the cheap hollow pressed horn. 



IRONWOOD


Ironwood, origin USA. Extremely hard wood, with a very nice polish, ranging from a deep beige to a more or less dark brown with tiger marbling and golden reflections.



JUNIPER

Best Juniper burl from southern France. A surprisingly fragrant knife.

MAPLE BURL

Maple burl. 



MOLAR TOOTH OF MAMMOTH

Molar tooth (fossilized mammoth from Russia/Siberia). Blue to black color, with an original appearance"striped".



OLIVEWOOD

 1st quality patterned Olive wood. 



PHOSPHORESCENT

Phosphorescent resin, it has a plain pale colour indoor, bit it changes to a strong blue colour immediately when exposed to direct sunlight (UV-light). While the material is in the light it charges up the third stage, which is exposed in darkness, where it glows in a strong yellow green colour.



PISTACHIO WOOD

1st choice patterned pistachio wood from southern France.

 


PURPLEWOOD

1st choice purplewood. This stunning wood (Dalbergia cearensis) comes from South America.


RAM HORN

Real ram horn, taken from the outside bark unpolished part. 



ROSEWOOD

1st quality Rosewood. 



ROYAL EBONY

Extremely hard, dense, and heavy wood, with a very fine texture.


STABILIZED BEECH


STABILIZED PLANE TREE

Stabilized and stained plane tree.



STABILIZED POPLAR BURL

Stabilized poplar burl. Stunning patterned wood.


STAG

1st quality Real stag horn. 



THERMOCHROMIC

Thermochromic resin, colour is dark blue at temperatures below 28°C (82°F), but respectively turn bright blue at higher temperatures.



WALNUT

 1st choice patterned walnut ( gun-stock selection).



WHARTHOG

Real Warthog Tooth:  This is a great alternative to ivory.  We use an entire tooth for each knife. 
The Warthog handle may display some natural "defects" which help create the item's beauty.

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We shipped our knives worldwide since 1999.

100% Handmade in France

Fontenille Pataud was founded in 1929 and quickly became recognized as a manufacturer of high-end knives.