Acrylic WOOD Handles

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Lampman

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Just Thinking,
Could It Be Possible, take two pieces of wood, put a quarter inch thick, put a quarter inch wide gasket around the outer edge, inject under (some) pressure, acrylic or some other substance that would stabilize the wood. Heat could be added also.

Lampman
 
Do you mean "is it possible for anyone to do it?" As Robert says the answer is yes, it is being done all the time, and you can buy the stabilised wood scales from knife makers supply stores.
If you mean "can I do it?" I'd have to say only with great trouble. I've tried several times and haven't had much success, and I've had lots of mess and trouble.
A Google search for home stabilising (or stabilizing) will get you some further info.
Greg
 
It's a high pressure vessel operation to force the solution into the cellular structure to fill it. I think it would take something pretty substantial - 1/2 plate with multiple holddowns and teflon gasketing, plus a compressor capable of a few thousand psi.

Stabilized materials have been around for about 15 years. The first I saw was "spalted Maple," basically a nice piece of maple that had dark streaks from the initial stage of rot. Lots of other materials have been done, although I haven't seen stacked leather yet. That would seem to be a no-brainer for making a folding Kabar or Randall, but I haven't run across it yet.
 
This guy is a friend of mine (this is not spam) and can tell you all you would ever want to know about preparing wood scales. He has pumps and SS tanks and dyes and it takes a lot of time to do correctly... he also likes to talk to people. His name is Frank at http://jakeknife.com/index.html. His # is on the site.
 
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