show us your wood...

[HHH Knives]

They are both Birch burl!

 

[Taz575]

Found 2 nice pieces, I think they will be going on some HHH Blanks I ordered

 

[Txcwboy]

Amboyna is always my favorite. Need to get some pieces big enough for scales not pens.

Dave

 

[Mike Martinez]

Dave, I think you beat me out on that bidding. I see you're a pen turner too... that is also another one of hobbies... its the crack of the hobby world. If you like amboyna, there is a fellow in Garland who imports it. He sells two me once or twice a year when his larger shipments come in, if you're ever interested, I'll give you a heads up.

 

[Meridian Blades]

Found 2 nice pieces, I think they will be going on some HHH Blanks I ordered

Hey Taz
Welcome aboard, those are some nicely dyed burl blocks...:biggrin:

 

[Taz575]

Thanks! I used to make knives years ago, but don't have time to do the blades anymore, so I started using some of the nicer "kits" or blanks and building those up. Always looking for some nice wood!


A friend gave me several hunks of hard maple, most of it is nicely spalted, but some has a blister pattern in the grain. Waiting on my shed to set up my bandsaw to start blocking these out!! Gonna get them dyed and stabilized eventually once they are dry enough.

Chunk of stabilized Black Ash burl on a kitchen knife:

But I would have to say my Fave so far is Spalted Stabilized Maple Burl like on the bottom two of these!

 

[Lagrange]

I love that spalted maple. I wish I could find some around here.

 

[J.Leclair]

Nice stuff Taz575

 

[JDW]

Here are just a few of my pieces of wood.


from top, Canary Wood, Osage Orange, Blue dyed Box Elder Burl, Red Dyed Missouri Dogwood, Bocote, Cocabolo.

 

[JDW]

Here is some more of what I have.

stabilized spalted Maple

Green dyed stabilized Box Elder Burl

more spalted Maple

 

[Mike Martinez]

Just a few pieces that are being boxed up to be dyed and stabilized...

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This piece is an extremely old piece of Red Wood Burl cut from an old dinner table.
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Close up of the figure.
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[Meridian Blades]

:biggrin:

 

[Meridian Blades]

:drool:

Scratch and sniff....bet you can almost smell it from there !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Mike Davis]

I am missing out!!! Ok cannot be left out of this....

I will get more up later

 

[Taz575]

Anyone care to guess?? Went to a Game Dinner last week and raffled off a Santoku Knife blank where the winner could choose his own handle. He choose this piece of wood, looks really cool! But it's gonna take a few layers of Tru Oil to seal and fill the grain, even though it's been stabilized.

 

[HHH Knives]

Feeling a little BLUE!

 

[VaughnT]

Some beautiful wood, gents! I don't have much stabilized burl in the collection, but I hope to change that once I get back to work. Really love the look of those babies!!

 

[HELLGAP]

Ok I just dont want Randy H to really start bragging lmao this Ironwood burl weighs about 30 pounds maybee a little more 15x12x10

 

[HELLGAP]

Dont make me open my stash, lmao collecting burl is like having a stash of dope lol I had a buying craze 2 years ago. I know its not over. kellyw

 

[Meridian Blades]

Someone is going to be very happy, very soon, some are still crusty from being stabilized...............:biggrin: