A little OT... wood beauty shots

Here is a few more shots. I figured the woodchucks would have this thread just hoppin. COME ON GUYS!!!!
Honey Locust Burl
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Fiddleback Eucalyptus
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Madrone Burl
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Great wood, I hate these threads cause I make lists of wood to get next!

Mike What is that stuff that looks like Ripples of sand under water? that Is Cool
 
Nice snag Greg!!! Love that stuff. Ryan, it is Curly Eucalyptus i get from a local mill...actually about to go get a few more chunks...That one is 4x4x16
 
Those are Some really beautiful woods. Here are two of my favorites, Ambrosia Burl, and Black Ash Burl
 

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Here are a couple of mine
Huge Maple Burl log
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Walnut Crotch
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QS White Oak
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Satinwood on the bottom
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The purple block is dyed Buckeye burl from mark at Burl Source. It looks kind of like purple marble. When i get a sec, i will get a picture of it.
 
From Tennessee said:
who is a supplier or who are the supplies for these beautiful pieces of wood. Wow!
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Id imagine close to 75% would be from Burl source. Look at their site and in the for sale section alot. Im always out for good pieces of wood. I might sit on them for 6 mnths to a year before I have a knife worthy of some of my choice pieces.
 
Most of my wood came from a local supplier (The Board Hoarder), though I have been a loyal Burl Source customer for a while now. The local source sells only "natural" wood, which I have to get stabilized myself. But he has the largest variety I have ever encountered.
 
cbr900son said:
I might sit on them for 6 mnths to a year before I have a knife worthy of some of my choice pieces.
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I have 3 blocks of wood....one is a spalted maple burl, the other is some Australian burl I can't recall, and the other is a redwood root burl...that I've had for more than 3 years. I swear one day I'll use them...but they are going to be on that special knife that no other wood will do. I actually have a knife I'm working on now that will probably get the spalted maple burl...if I ever grow the balls capable of laying into the piece of DT damascus that is the blade. It's HT'd, and ready to go....just need to find the balls I misplaced. :)
 
Man up, watercrawl. Never let your material master you... YOU are the master. Bend them to your will.
 
I got mine from the awful dreaded auction site. Craiganderton studios. I have made two purchases from him, amazing stuff, had a couple of conversations with him, nice guy with a great sense of humor. My next will be from Burl source as new stuff comes in. Been watching patiently for something to catch my eye.
 
I picked up a couple of new blocks of wood recently.

Some spalted maple:

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Can you believe the lines in that chunk of wood? That block is just strong of 4.5" wide...so three blocks of handle material across for reference.

Some spalted hackberry:

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This one I'm going to cross cut....makes for a neat effect.

Black ash burl:

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Bought these in block format...what a great seller with some insanely beautiful wood.

I go on binges where I buy a lot of wood....I need to stay away from eBay I tell you.
 
Cocobolo :)
Ebay can be a good but dangerous friend. This was part of a piece that is large enough for four to six handles.
Since I was the only bidder I got it for one whole euro :D

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Well....I am mostly guessing what I have. I bought almost 100# of blocks off Craigslist...

First might be Myrtlewood....

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Next, I think is some Wenge, Cocobola, and slightly spalted maple burl. I have about 40# of the maple.

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Then, a big block of Thuya burl with a block of Ebony. Macassar?

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There's a few other pieces, two boxes more.... with some that looks like big leaf maple with good chatoyance.

Come on guys! Make this thread longer!
 
Brian,
That Wenge looks pretty cool.
I have seen some of the makers use it and do a wire brush finish.
Gives the wood a really cool textured look.
 
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