A few more that speak to me. If he likes wood, you wont go wrong with snakewood. The rustic horn on the other one is equally pretty.

As for the blade, both Aust and TI, or a Revisor will be of great quality. I guess all of these can come in horn, or snakewood. So just look at their website and see what can be customized, or what's readily available.

For a present, a size of 7/8 is a great choice. The perfect balance in my opinion. Anything larger may get a lot more expensive and anything smaller will be, still nice, but kinda standard.

Looking forward to the pics... photograph the steel, so not to give yourself away If he's reading this though, I'm gonna assume he's having a lot of fun... and his heart should be melting.

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