A couple PSK knives in lignum vitae

ilbruche

ilbruche

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These are for a forumite. A regular PSK and a PSK Sr. They also will be getting sheathes. I hadn't worked with lignum vitae before, it's neat stuff. Not as hard to work as I thought but still very dense. The pins and tubes are brass.

The last photo shows how the wood will look after a couple years of sun exposure.

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Nice job. :thumbup: That wood is sort of waxy. I used it twice. I put it on a Tusker. The only problem I had was a small amount of shrinkage around the tang.
Scott
 
Gossman Knives said:
Nice job. :thumbup: That wood is sort of waxy. I used it twice. I put it on a Tusker. The only problem I had was a small amount of shrinkage around the tang.
Scott
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Yeah it was weird stuff. Very resinous. Waxy is a good way to describe it. I know it is number one on the Janka hardness scale, but it seemed way easier to work than stuff like ipe which seems to take forever to shape.
 
I've found the hardest wood to work is desert ironwood. Clogs grinding belts like you wouldn't believe.
Scott
 
Gossman Knives said:
The worst stink is buffalo horn or any horn. It is a smell that's all it's own. :D
Scott
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Sort of like burnt fingernails?
Deer antler doesn't smell so good either. I had my entire high school shop class ready to kill me when I re-handled a knife in shop class one day.:barf:
Those were the days. We shot trap on school grounds after school for FFA.
 
Nice work bruche! I love the solid pin next to the hollow one. Neato idea. I want to use that!
 
Bruce,
It looks like your handle work is as nice as your sheaths. I may have an extra PSK lying around that needs this type of treatment. I'll send you an email.
 
Gossman Knives said:
I've found the hardest wood to work is desert ironwood. Clogs grinding belts like you wouldn't believe.
Scott
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Here's a question for you:

Working on a blade right now using desert ironwood. Having trouble keeping the dark sawdust from getting into the wood grain of the light sapwood. What is the best way to avoid that?? Do I need to sand the sapwood separate and then use some wood filler to fill in the grain on the light part before I finish the final sanding.

By the way Scott, been home 2 days cause my wife had surgery but I sent you an email from my work addy did you get it??
 
Usually I just acetone after sanding to get the dark stuff out of there.
 
I got your email and responed. When I do ironwood, I sand as I do with any wood. I sand to 180 grit and and finish with a scotchbrite pad. Most of the dark dust sands out. I never had a problem as you've described. Try wiping the wood with a damp sponge when you've finished sanding. I use two coats of tung oil on the handles when I've finished sanding.
Scott
 
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