Buck 110 handle wood??

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tom19176

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I gave my friend a Buck 110 tin from the 2005 run with the satin blade and standard wood handle. He asked what type of wood it is and I don't know. Anyone know?
 
i think it was dyed burch?
some wood that is laminated and looks like rose wood
there may be some that have solid rose wood, i dont know
but with buck any thing is possable..
 
I believe the one you are talking about is laminated obeche. The 110 tin from 2007 or 2008 is laminated rosewood (the one with a mirror blade). Please correct me if I'm wrong :)
 
As I got to know it is laminated and dyed birch, as Dave said. No obche, no rosewood, simply colored and stabilized stacked birch. But what do I know?

Best,
Haebbie
 
Is it laminated or pressure impregnated resin??? Was there more than one process???

I agree with 334dave...
 
The process is very similiar to making plywood. You start with sheets of Birch veneer. Then you put those sheets in a vaccum chamber and flood the chamber with resin (and color). The resin is thus sucked into every pore and stabalizes the wood, protecting it from heat and water. The wood acts like the fiber in fiberglass and gives a supporting structure for the resin.

Then you put those resin impregnated sheets under heat and pressure. The resin remelts and welds the sheets together. Based on how you stack them you can get multi-colored effects and if there are contours on the handle it can be a very attractive look. With a 110 being so flat the vendor creates a special top layer for the handle insert and when we switched from real Ebony the impregnated wood consistently looked more like real wood then real wood.

Better look and Better Performance was a no brainer.
 
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