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I wanted to see if any of you have pic's of knives with Black Walnut Handles?
was it Stablized? Does Black Walnut have Burl?
Thanks
 
Black Walnut is an excellent handle material....Can be used
stabilized or not, just make sure it's properly dried before use or stabilization.
If not stabilized, use several coats of polyurethane or a good oil.
Crotchwood is more attractive than burl,IMO.
 

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If you have the time on your hands, get yourself one of the London style gunstock finishing kits from Brownells. It takes a long time and a lot of steps, but you will be amazed at the results.
 
Russ Andrews said:
Black Walnut is an excellent handle material....Can be used
stabilized or not, just make sure it's properly dried before use or stabilization.
If not stabilized, use several coats of polyurethane or a good oil.
Crotchwood is more attractive than burl,IMO.
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Russ, we are going to have to take you out back and have you flogged for even mentioning the evil polyurethane!!!!!:mad::D
 
Lex.
Thanks.....I can't say that I've been there...You..?
 
Not bad lookin and is usually my first choice for knife handle wood.

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Boy that wood of Don's is beeeeeuuuutiful! He even sell a piece or two every now and then...but it looks like he keeps some of the best pieces close to home.

Don: Is that some of your world famous flaming crotch walnut burl? What ways have you used to finish your walnut out? Which is your favorite way?
 
Thanks Phil, that pic is from the last batch world famous Flaming Crotch and I didn't get to keep any.

I use Formby's tung oil finish, around 4 or 5 coats. Works great..

P.S. Keep an eye on the 'For Sale' area :cool:
 
Don Hanson III said:
Thanks Phil, that pic is from the last batch world famous Flaming Crotch and I didn't get to keep any.

I use Formby's tung oil finish, around 4 or 5 coats. Works great..

P.S. Keep an eye on the 'For Sale' area :cool:
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Mr. Hanson, with what you get for your knives, you of all people should be looking at one of those gun finishing kits. Formby's.........please!!!! :p:D
 
Joe, I use ivory 97% of the time :D

You are right though but the Formby's is handy. I've never tried the REAL stuff :o
 
My Uncle has a farm of about +/- 200 acres in Ohio. The remaining forested tracts are fairly heavily wooded with black Walnut.

Every year a local lumberyard pays him enough to meet his yearly expenses for four (4) trees. For s%^ts and giggles he has them cut a fifth for him. They dry and cut it into 2x6/8/10 boards of various lengths.

Last time I visited him he had about a thousand board feet in his workshop.
If he needs a 1 in. thick board, he throws a 2x into the planer and takes a half inch off each side. :eek:

Then he'll make a banana stand out of it. :mad:

I wish I could rifle through his scrap pile.

Jim L.
 
Jim L.
I wish I could get to some of those root balls...!
 
LexEdman said:
I wanted to see if any of you have pic's of knives with Black Walnut Handles?
was it Stablized?Thanks
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Here's a knife with a curly walnut grip - unstabilized - the finish is a traditional pre-1900's linseed oil based varnish used by gunmakers of the period. If it looks like it has dings it does since the whole package was aged - my forte in the "knife world"
Sorry about the pic - I didn't have the lighting quite right and was tired so the grip looks a bit washed out - it in fact has a lot of depth and subtle variations in figure and color...but it will give you an idea of what a knife looks like with on......
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The inlay is pewter and turquoise.....
 
Hey Guys Thanks for all the info.
Russ I was up there this year. We caught some Rainbows and Browns. Good Fishing, like shooting fish in a bucket. The place was Gene's Trout River Resort.
 
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