Knife scales: stabilisation service

[Stubby]

Exquisite !

[devon TWiG]

I saw a demo of a guy welding ( by heating and hammering , not Arc ) a samurai sword made from motorcycle chain and when finished and polished you could see the shapes of the chain parts , he said it would also work with old saw chain, he called the pattern "grain" .

[Stubby]

I saw a demo of a guy welding ( by heating and hammering , not Arc ) a samurai sword made from motorcycle chain and when finished and polished you could see the shapes of the chain parts , he said it would also work with old saw chain, he called the pattern "grain" .

 

Seen it done with saw chain . You are right .

[Lazurus]

Oooooooh! I want one to!

[Big Beech]

To the back of the que you bitches

[mickdundee]

They are good looking knives

 

 

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[se7enthdevil]

if you want some rock hard exotics (no need to stabilise them) the you are welcome to come round.

 

i've got all sorts of species and colours.

 

a fair bit of genuine lignum, angelim vermelho, ekki, ebony, ziricote, cocobolo, kingwood, boxwood, laburnum, wenge and loads of others that would look great on a knife...

[peatff]

I got a bundle from Peak turning supplies with quite a few woods in for £10. I love snakewood and I did a couple of handles with it. I found some called Partridge wood for a handle for a damascus knife my shooter friend bought and I did another in Ironwood with nickel pins. He bought the knife blanks at a gun fair, I made a sheath for the knife as well but never got round to dieing it yet.

[Big Beech]

Thanks for the input, some good information there.

Steve, thanks for the options, though looking at more traditional woods.

Another thought which iam exploring is using quarter sawn bog oak, which may look great with the medullary rays similar to the fire pattern steel.

Does anyone have experience with the timber? If it's kiln dried and oiled would it or should it be stabilised first?

[se7enthdevil]

if it's native ones you are after then i do have a decent selection of very hard natives.

 

boxwood, judas tree, laburnum, sumach, robinia, olive ash, cherry laurel, field maple, pear, hornbeam and whitebeam.