Blackwood bleeding?

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Hey guys, I have my first 13 blanks at Peters getting heat treated now and are piecing some handles together while I wait. They are all hidden tang (wa construction) kitchen knives and I have a lot of wood saved up. I got a lot of African Blackwood turning blocks and cut them into 2" long pieces to shape into bolsters. Will these bleed into my lighter woods like Osage orange, cherry, koa (unstabilized), or any of my stabilized maple? Should I go to the hobby shop and grab some brass sheet and cut soacers just in case? Not really worried about it with my Ironwood/Rosewood but the light stuff I'd like to be sure of before I ruin some pretty wood. Thanks guys,
Trey/Comet
 
i have never heard of blackwood leaking its color. personally i would use a spacer anyways because i like them and they look nice and makes for a better contrast between the woods.
 
The Africian Blackwood I have used did not have any effect on the wood it was next to.
 
Spacers can make the handle look more bling, and this actually seems to make kitchen knives sell faster or for more for not much extra effort.
 
You might have some dust from the blackwood getting into the pores of the other wood.
If that happens you should be able to blow it out of the pores with compressed air.

My guess is with the woods you are using everything should be fine.
While you are waiting on your blades how about gluing a couple scraps together and sand them to see what happens.
 
if the dust is coloring the lighter wood, do your higher grit sanding strokes in one direction from the light wood toward the blackwood.
 
you can even see it as a feature, the dark dust highligting the pores of the light wood
 
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