Burnt Orange handle material

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wordsmith

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Folks, I'm looking for some kind of handle material (wood, micarta, even just vulcanized liner material) in burnt orange for a University of Texas knife I have in mind. My padauk is too red. My osage is too yellow. Anyone know what I could use or where to find it?
 
Todd can help you out, he makes some really good stuff. But the knife would look better if it was Maroon instead of that ugly orange. :D
 
I read here once on the forum where the guys burn the osage to bring out the color and grain .
 
Thanks folks. Still looking, though I am currently conversing with Todd as well. Burning the osage...hmmm...
 
I have a wood called Obele, and it starts out a little more brownish, but with exposure to UV light, it turns a deeper orange. I'm not sure if it's exactly the color you want, but I can take some pictures of what I currently have on the top (most exposure) to see if it's something you could be interested in.
 
worth a shot mike. I'm thinking about making my own micarta in thin layers like liner material, but i'd prefer wood if i can get it.
 
Here's a picture of it. I couldn't capture exactly the right color, but I adjusted each part in photoshop to get the closest match to it.

I uploaded a picture of it (click the thumbnail to enlarge)
 

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I would look into flame treating the osage you have.

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I've heard hints of something about flame/heat treating osage, but can't find anything about how or why it works. ANyone got any pointers?
 
wordsmith said:
I've heard hints of something about flame/heat treating osage, but can't find anything about how or why it works. ANyone got any pointers?
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Themz some really nice ones in that last set of pictures, I like doing it too....I use one of those canister gas torches and just touch the surface with it.....careful not to get the wood too hot else you'll soften the epoxy!....trust me, I KNOW!!!
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Maybe you could have some wood dyed/stabilized in that color. I know that lots of stabilized woods are dyed.

BTW....Go Tech!:D
 
Send Todd a couple of UT tee shirts to cut up and laminate. Linen shirts would be more expensive but would be even better. I've also seen burnt orange in one of the local fabric stores, probably Jo-Ann's fabrics. That would be cheapest option because it wouldn't have the royalty markup for the longhorn.
 
lukus said:
Send Todd a couple of UT tee shirts to cut up and laminate. Linen shirts would be more expensive but would be even better. I've also seen burnt orange in one of the local fabric stores, probably Jo-Ann's fabrics. That would be cheapest option because it wouldn't have the royalty markup for the longhorn.
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Good idea....he did that exact thing (Jo-anns) for a Carhartt project.:thumbup:
 
I'm thinking I'll go to a thrift store and get some old UT t-shirts and try my hand at making some of my own laminate. I only want it to be 1/16" to 1/8" as a thickish liner between a full tang and bone, so I figure it'll be a good opportunity to experiment. Thanks for all of the ideas folks. I'll try to remember to post pictures of the finished blade when I get around to making it in a month or so.
 
Depending on the epoxy that you use, your material may darken quite a bit. Just like a UT wet t-shirt contest your knife may end up wearing brown....;)

I ran into the same issue trying to make LSU purple and gold. The gold came out really deep yellow which was nice, but the purple looked almost black... not so nice.

good luck.
 
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