Briarwood Handle Material?

[Kevin McGovern]

The link I saved of Ben Greenberg's knife handle woods seems to be broken. I am wondering if anyone here has an opinion on Briarwood for handles. I may be coming into some of that soon.

 

[Greenberg Woods]

http://greenbergwoods.com/wood-information-and-identification/

Here is a more expanded list

Briar burl is nice material! Its reasonably dense and finish well. Downsides are that its not very common to get a large block free of voids. The burls tend to be small and full of pin holes.

 

[3fifty7]

You have my attention, since I live on Briarwood Dr.

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

I have used it to make pipe and cigar tool handles and a few small knives. It works and looks a lot like some of the Aussie burls.

 

[Kevin McGovern]

Thanks for the information. The material is from a guy I work with that used to make pipes. I'm thinking if I can't get whole handles out of it, I can use it for multi piece handles.