Can Purpleheart be Stabilized?

[brainsxn]

Wood is wood , and it is best material for handles on knives and it has been used for thousand of years . Why you don t leave it to be wood and you make handle to feel like it was made from plastic ? When wood handle gets wet, the grip is even better ......... appearance or functionality ? Polished and sparkling handle or all fingers in place ?
Why not let wood to grow old with you ? Are you the same as you were twenty years ago ?

Cantankerous and funny at best, but worthless to the discussion. Thanks for participating.

 

[Natlek]

Cantankerous and funny at best, but worthless to the discussion. Thanks for participating.

Question from OP was answered , purpleheart can be stabilized .
My question is valid , why you should make plastic from that wood when it is great for handles as it is ? Or from any other hard wood that does not need to be stabilized with resin ? Use G10 if you want plastic or carbon ?
I have used once stabilized wood and never again .And I pay 60 euro for that piece ! For plastic !
It was nice walnut burl but is like plastic in hand !

I have used purpleheart for handle on kitchen knife , nothing spectacular in look but it is durable so far .....

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

I have to agree that Natlek's comments were not directly related or helpful to the thread.
The topic was if purpleheart could be stabilized. That had been answered. It was resurrected to find out how the color held up over time.

The discussion over stabilized vs unstabilized is a topic for another thread ... many of which have been posted over the years.
Let's try not to get off the subject and start a row over a different topic.

I'm closing this thread - Moderator