I have a problem a wood addiction problem

Ty, I really like the looks of that ironwood.
Here's a piece of walnut crotch that is half sapwood. I like the figured sapwood but it is hard to dry without checking. This has a coat of poly to slow the drying down.
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Yep... The struggle is real. I'm​ in my back yard cleaning up. Start looking at the base of the maple tree and think that looks like some usable root burl.

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Ty, I had the twin to that block of two tone amboyna. It was just a bit bigger. I put it on a bowie. It finishes out SO INCREDIBLY nice. It was one of the popular knives I've ever made.
 
what finishes have you found that do not darken the wood? water based polyurethane does not darken too much, but it does make a 'plastic finish'.
 
Scott I have only used 4 different types of oil. I mixed and matched them to try to find a good finish. I checked my notes and they all darkened the wood. So maybe someone with more experience can answer this. I will say that a 50/50 mix of boiled linseed and Tru-Oil is my favorite finish. It takes longer to dry over straight Tru-Oil but does not have as much of a plastic feel. The knife I posted in wall-e's thread has 15 coats of that. So far it seems very durable. When it starts to looks rough I hit it with some pink no scratch and it starts to shine again.
 
J. Doyle said:
Ty, I had the twin to that block of two tone amboyna. It was just a bit bigger. I put it on a bowie. It finishes out SO INCREDIBLY nice. It was one of the popular knives I've ever made.
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John I was thinking you might recognize that piece.
 
Not wood but still knife handle material. Picked this shed up while hiking 15 years ago. I was always going to put it in the flower bed in the front of the house. When ever I thought about it I just couldn't bring myself to do it. Now I know why. There are plenty of usable pieces and leftover to experiment with dye, and finish.

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Another dillema is when your neighbor is a mount maker and gets a slab that has too many voids for his liking. And it weighs about 40lbs after being indoors for a year an 3 mo near a wood stove.

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Is a mystery river find burl.
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Lots of fiddleback and birds eyes.
Any of you experienced fellers got a clue what it is? Im guessing either maple, walnut, or oak since those are the three locals that end up in the river. Is about 3'L×1.5'W×2"thick.

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Ty Adams said:
Not wood but still knife handle material. Picked this shed up while hiking 15 years ago. I was always going to put it in the flower bed in the front of the house. When ever I thought about it I just couldn't bring myself to do it. Now I know why. There are plenty of usable pieces and leftover to experiment with dye, and finish.

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Elk is really neat to work with, but is a porus core and you cannot drive a hidden tang into it very far with out it splitting.
I had to try to prove gramps wrong. I lost that bet. Upside, the dogs loved the new chew toy.

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Walt I wish that I could tell you what that burl is. Thanks for the heads up on the elk horn.

Some walnut from Jess Hoffman. Thanks Jess. For some reason I can't get a good picture of the figure in this piece.
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Walt, I do know what it is for sure. It really doesn't look like maple to me. It's pretty light in color overall for walnut burl. Could be oak burl possibly. Could it be sycamore? That was my first instinct.
 
I have these 5 pretty spectacular blocks sitting around in my cabinet. I think they're pretty special.

Left to right: Rainbow banded koa, naturally two tone amboyna burl, naturally colored buckeye burl, striped African blackwood, and some stunning afzelia xylay.

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Hmmmmmm............guess I'll have to think of something to do with 5 special pieces of wood.
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"Hmmmmmm............guess I'll have to think of something to do with 5 special pieces of wood."

A wonderful addition to the next bargain box!!!LOL!
 
wall e said:
Another dillema is when your neighbor is a mount maker and gets a slab that has too many voids for his liking. And it weighs about 40lbs after being indoors for a year an 3 mo near a wood stove.

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Is a mystery river find burl.
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Lots of fiddleback and birds eyes.
Any of you experienced fellers got a clue what it is? Im guessing either maple, walnut, or oak since those are the three locals that end up in the river. Is about 3'L×1.5'W×2"thick.

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My first thought was Myrtle Burl
 
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Walt, I do know what it is for sure. It really doesn't look like maple to me. It's pretty light in color overall for walnut burl. Could be oak burl possibly. Could it be sycamore? That was my first instinct.
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I totally spaced sycamores.
It could be oak or sycamore.
I really need to not post things when tired, walnut is ALOT darker heart wood.


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