This is the first entry in this forum for me and although my experience constructing knifes is rather limited I have always been very interested. I have been around wood and carpentry forever and when I saw a large quanity of camellia wood available I instinctually gathered it up. Does anyone have any experience with this wood being used as handle material for custom knives? I have plenty and would like to see how it would look if anyone is interested. Let me know if anyone is interested in trying some.
Camellia wood for handle material?
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I use magnolia for Japanese sheaths and handles, we call it hanoki. Camellia might work similarly. Send me an email, sapelt@cox.net .
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Welcome to Shop Talk. What does it look like? Maybe you can post a pic of it? Sounds interesting enough.
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It appears that you are at the same place that many of us started off at. Welcome to the show! It's a good bunch of folks here.
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