Wood source

Gliden07

Gliden07

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A few month back I posted about a new source for wood I had found. Thought it was gonna be fantastic!! Well it was a wash, anything the guy had he wanted beyond what I could buy stabilized scales for!! Plus the guy is a JERK!! Anyone have a decent source for wood?? I'm trying to up my game and make nice knives and clearly one way to do it is to use nicer handle material.
 
Gliden07 said:
A few month back I posted about a new source for wood I had found. Thought it was gonna be fantastic!! Well it was a wash, anything the guy had he wanted beyond what I could buy stabilized scales for!! Plus the guy is a JERK!! Anyone have a decent source for wood?? I'm trying to up my game and make nice knives and clearly one way to do it is to use nicer handle material.
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Sorry to hear that 07 :(. Greenberg comes to mind. Expensive but nice stuff.
 
I tend to go outside the traditional "knife supply" sources for woods. In my experience most "custom knife" sources for wood are stupid overpriced. When I see undersized blocks of maple burl with asking prices or $50+.... that is simply gouging.

Most of the time I tend to look for larger pieces of wood, and cut them myself..... but their are also pitfalls there..... be wary of those who wet woods in order to take photos/post it for sale..... I made the mistake ONCE....... by the time the wood had gotten from Louisiana to Montana..... the entire piece was so full of splits and cracks it was a totally loss.
 
EdCaffreyMS said:
I tend to go outside the traditional "knife supply" sources for woods. In my experience most "custom knife" sources for wood are stupid overpriced. When I see undersized blocks of maple burl with asking prices or $50+.... that is simply gouging.

Most of the time I tend to look for larger pieces of wood, and cut them myself..... but their are also pitfalls there..... be wary of those who wet woods in order to take photos/post it for sale..... I made the mistake ONCE....... by the time the wood had gotten from Louisiana to Montana..... the entire piece was so full of splits and cracks it was a totally loss.
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Ed do you stabilize it yourself, send it out or use as is??
 
Another vote for John Doyle and Gene K. I have gotten a lot of wood from John and it is always better than the pictures. I just got some walnut burl from Gene K that is unbelievably gorgeous. Both men offer stellar wood at very reasonable prices and both are a total joy to deal with.
 
John Wilson said:
Another vote for John Doyle and Gene K. I have gotten a lot of wood from John and it is always better than the pictures. I just got some walnut burl from Gene K that is unbelievably gorgeous. Both men offer stellar wood at very reasonable prices and both are a total joy to deal with.
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Yeah I seen pics of their wood and it looked really nice and like said the prices were good.But could use a Knife Dawg discount :) LOL
 
Ed do you stabilize it yourself, send it out or use as is??
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At one time I did..... for about 3 years I jumped on the trend of home shop stabilizing....what I learned was that ALL the products out there that are intended for home shop stabilizing have very serious issues.... and in order to do it "right" requires a huge investment in equipment and chemicals that are difficult to obtain.

It's far more cost effective, and you end with a much better product, if you have it done by the "professional" outfits.

There are a number of woods species that are simply better in their non-stabilized state, and others that are just poor candidates for stabilizing..... be wary of any stabilizing outfits who are willing to stabilizing "anything"...... that's a red flag to look elsewhere for the service.
 
I buy from Greenberg. Overpriced maybe but some beautiful wood, always shipped right no oversized box for em to go knocking around in and a lot of times he throws in some free scales or cutoffs.
 
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