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This contest is for all knife makers. Only enter the contest if you agree to make a knife using this wood for the handle and post a photo here within the next couple months. To enter the contest just make a post saying "I'm in" and maybe what type of knife you will be making. The drawing will be on Sunday August 8th at about 5pm PST. The number of your post will be your entry. I will use a random number generator to select the winning post number. Free shipping.
This is a piece of Old Growth Douglas Fir that was salvaged from an old building. The grain is really tight and it had slightly curly figure. The flat sawn faces look like random pattern damascus. This is the only piece of this I have left. I have looked for more with no luck. If anyone knows where I can buy some larger pieces of this please let me know. This piece works a lot like damascus with the patterns changing as you grind away layers and shape the wood. I thought this would work great on a larger sculpted handle. I left the block oversized so it should work for almost any style knife.
Sorry about the crummy photos but you get an idea what this looks like.
This photo shows the end grain. There are 62 years of growth rings in the 1&3/4" thickness of this block. This photo shows the true colors better as well. Kind of a honey amber coloring. The grain on this piece undulate along both the length and width of the piece. Dimensions of this piece are 6&1/2" long by 2" wide by 1&3/4" thick. Weighs about 3/4 pound. Much tighter grain and denser wood than I am used to seeing with fir. There is a 1/2" check at one end that will need to be trimmed away.
The flat cut faces have a metallic chatoyance that is mesmerizing watching it move as you shift the angle of the wood. Don't be fooled by my photos. This is a really cool piece of wood.
This is a piece of Old Growth Douglas Fir that was salvaged from an old building. The grain is really tight and it had slightly curly figure. The flat sawn faces look like random pattern damascus. This is the only piece of this I have left. I have looked for more with no luck. If anyone knows where I can buy some larger pieces of this please let me know. This piece works a lot like damascus with the patterns changing as you grind away layers and shape the wood. I thought this would work great on a larger sculpted handle. I left the block oversized so it should work for almost any style knife.
Sorry about the crummy photos but you get an idea what this looks like.
This photo shows the end grain. There are 62 years of growth rings in the 1&3/4" thickness of this block. This photo shows the true colors better as well. Kind of a honey amber coloring. The grain on this piece undulate along both the length and width of the piece. Dimensions of this piece are 6&1/2" long by 2" wide by 1&3/4" thick. Weighs about 3/4 pound. Much tighter grain and denser wood than I am used to seeing with fir. There is a 1/2" check at one end that will need to be trimmed away.
The flat cut faces have a metallic chatoyance that is mesmerizing watching it move as you shift the angle of the wood. Don't be fooled by my photos. This is a really cool piece of wood.
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