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Ty, I love the looks of the spalted curly maple.
I was able to get 40 blocks out of the curly maple board posted earlier in this thread. Yesterday I received my order of aquafortis and tried it out on a block.
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GeneK said:
Ty, I love the looks of the spalted curly maple.
I was able to get 40 blocks out of the curly maple board posted earlier in this thread. Yesterday I received my order of aquafortis and tried it out on a block.
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Man that looks very nice!
 
IMG_1589.jpgIMG_1590.jpgI like this thread. I am just getting into making knifes and already have a fascination with the handles. I am making my first knife and have to think about what type of wood I want for the handle. I did grab this old whiskey barrel stave. I haven't cut it up yet but I even wonder if it will even look good. I like the idea it came from a whiskey barrel but it also may just look like it came from a pallet. I guess I will see. The first picture is a side view. Maybe when I split it , it will have some interesting features.
 
Retroguy said:
View attachment 61240View attachment 61239I like this thread. I am just getting into making knifes and already have a fascination with the handles. I am making my first knife and have to think about what type of wood I want for the handle. I did grab this old whiskey barrel stave. I haven't cut it up yet but I even wonder if it will even look good. I like the idea it came from a whiskey barrel but it also may just look like it came from a pallet. I guess I will see. The first picture is a side view. Maybe when I split it , it will have some interesting features.
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Those might turn out pretty cool. If I were you I wouldn't try to rip cut and book match that stave. By the time that they are flat there might not be much to work with.
 
Spalted maple burl.
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This going to be my last posted block for awhile. I need to start buying more equipment so that it doesn't take me a month to make a knife.:what!:
 
Ty Adams said:
Those might turn out pretty cool. If I were you I wouldn't try to rip cut and book match that stave. By the time that they are flat there might not be much to work with.
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Good point, I probably should show the face of the stave on both sides. That sought of where the story lies anyway. (Stain, rust, age...) I'll post a picture here when I come to that part.
 
I really like Koa. It's such a beautiful wood. It really does amaze me how this wood turns out.
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GeneK said:
Beautiful knife, Ty. That koa looks really good. Question, does koa need to be stabilized?
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I have only used koa stabilized. But John Doyle said it is not necessary to stabilize it. I believe he's been working with it unstabilized. It works like walnut, very easy to shape. To be honest unless it's curly maple or walnut most of the wood that I'm going to use will be stabilized. Not because it's needed. I personal feel it's not necessary on most of the woods we use for knife making. But because because of the time savings. Sand it up to 1000 grit and hit the wood with pink no scratch, and done. Sorry for the long post.

Edited to add: Thank you for the compliment on the knife.
 
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