Anyone know what Bark River uses on their wooden scales?

Cassull

Cassull

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It feels like some sort of resin, or it could be a buffed varnish.

Anyhoo, I want to clean/polish/protect my elder burl handles, don't know what to use.
 
They use stabilized wood, which I think involves impregnating it with some sort of epoxy.
 
BRKT does stabilize the their burls, spalted maples and similar woods that have a lot of cavities and gaps within the wood which need filling. Since yours is burl, yours are completely impregnated with plastic.

Other woods are either too dense like ebony or oily like olivewood, and don't need it. For these, you can rub a couple coats of wax on it to protect the wood.

Don't forget that BRKT knives are warranted for life so you shouldn't really worry about anything going wrong with the knife.
 
CWL said:
BRKT does stabilize the their burls, spalted maples and similar woods that have a lot of cavities and gaps within the wood which need filling. Since yours is burl, yours are completely impregnated with plastic.

Other woods are either too dense like ebony or oily like olivewood, and don't need it. For these, you can rub a couple coats of wax on it to protect the wood.

Don't forget that BRKT knives are warranted for life so you shouldn't really worry about anything going wrong with the knife.
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Thanks for the info.

Mine has a few specs of rust that have made a shallow cavity on the blade itself. Do you think their warranty covers it? If not, do you know if they provide a service to buff out the rust for a price?

I tried polishing them off with metal polish, but no go.

Here is a pic of said rust specs:

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Sometimes knife steel has voids in it. It's a natural part of alloying. It happens much less on PM steels, but it doe happen. That doean't look ike rust sports to me. If it we mine, I'd use it.
 
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