Buck Custom Shop

jamestap said:
Cherry isn't hard to come by. I'm a wood nerd but never heard of indigo.

There's Bois D'Arc (Osage Orange or Hedge Apple to you Yankees.). It's a very striking hardwood.

All manner of figured maple. Hickory, pecan, mesquite. All dirt cheap and rock-hard woods. I love the creamy look of hickory.

I'm surprised they don't use more fruit woods like apple. Since the trees are raised for fruit rather than lumber (which are opposite goals), the wood is usually inexpensive because the trees only yield small pieces.

Back in the day when a carpenter had a "till" of handsaws over his bench and more in his tool totes, the handles were made of fruit wood.
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I'd vote for the hickory, pecan, or mesquite. :thumbup:
 
I really hope everyone made it out ok, but does this mean I ought to hop on down to the local Bass Pro and pick up one of those cherry handled 119s?
 
Since Christmas has come and gone, and neither the cherrywood, nor the indigo royalwood options have been removed from the custom shop... I'm wondering if this means it's going to continue to be an option, or if they currently have enough in stock to last a while. Which begs the question of why the OP was told his order would have to be canceled. Has anyone heard any more on this?
 
The CS hasn't cancelled the order for a cherrywood 112 that Santa placed for me in late December. Might be good news.... :thumbup:
 
Maybe they just aren't taking new orders until they can inventory their back stock of wood. Just speculation based on my imagination.
 
jamestap said:
Cherry isn't hard to come by. I'm a wood nerd but never heard of indigo.
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In the context of Dymondwood laminates as used by Buck, Cherrywood and Indigo are DYE colors, not a wood species.
The base wood species used in Dymondwood is usually Birch.
 
DeSotoSky said:
In the context of Dymondwood laminates as used by Buck, Cherrywood and Indigo are DYE colors, not a wood species.
The base wood species used in Dymondwood is usually Birch.
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Figures. It's one of the cheaper (and softer) hardwoods. Nothing against birch, though. I've used it for lots of projects. It works wonderfully and is very stable.
 
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