McClellan Made Blades
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Hey Dawgs,
Quick question, is it possible to kiln dry wild cherry to use for handles? The grain looks interesting with the heart of the tree looking awesome, the heart area is not huge. I want to kiln dry part of it the other part I'm going to cut it to a manageable size them stack it where it can dry naturally. I have one tree down, and another tree that has to come down. On the first one it has a dead limb that is still very solid with an interesting grain to it, if anyone knows the best way to kiln dry this please let me know, I have a fairly large kiln, that I use for heat treating knives, it should work fine for kiln drying this wood, at least a little but of it. I want to get some of this ready to work on, so I can see if it will be good enough for knife handles, Thanks Rex
Quick question, is it possible to kiln dry wild cherry to use for handles? The grain looks interesting with the heart of the tree looking awesome, the heart area is not huge. I want to kiln dry part of it the other part I'm going to cut it to a manageable size them stack it where it can dry naturally. I have one tree down, and another tree that has to come down. On the first one it has a dead limb that is still very solid with an interesting grain to it, if anyone knows the best way to kiln dry this please let me know, I have a fairly large kiln, that I use for heat treating knives, it should work fine for kiln drying this wood, at least a little but of it. I want to get some of this ready to work on, so I can see if it will be good enough for knife handles, Thanks Rex