Do you like birds eye maple?

[Greenberg Woods]

Hey guys, I have a few slabs of really nice birds eye maple with spalting and curl running through it, and I was wondering if knife makers liked to use birds eye maple. I have seen curly "of course" but I just wanted to see if birds eye was something you liked.

 

[mete]

I would never have spalted [rotted wood ]. Birdseye looks very nice but is a pain to work . For hand work very sharp tools like chisels are needed as from any direction you are cutting against the grain. With a sanding machine go slow .If you lose an eye glue it back with Elmer's or carpenter's glue.

 

[Greenberg Woods]

I would never have spalted [rotted wood ]. Birdseye looks very nice but is a pain to work . For hand work very sharp tools like chisels are needed as from any direction you are cutting against the grain. With a sanding machine go slow .If you lose an eye glue it back with Elmer's or carpenter's glue.

Its not real spalted like rotted, its just got a big of red/ yellow and green color from staining.

I was thinking of having it stabilzed in my next batch of leopardwood Burl

 

[i4Marc]

I would be interested in Birdseye but it would need to be fairly densely packed eyes.

 

[Greenberg Woods]

It's quite dense eyes. I'll throw some blocks in my next book to k&g

 

[butcher_block]

i have been using soem when i can find nice boards

 

[Greenberg Woods]

i have been using soem when i can find nice boards

Its about 25-30 eyes per square inch, so about 30-40 percent denser than the eyes in that lower piece.

 

[mete]

Butch, you put handles of black ash burl on my Fallkniven TK-1 if you remember. It's like the upper photo .Still very nice !!! Thanks

 

[Karl B. Andersen]

I'd be interested in a some stabilized Bowie blocks, as long as they're not priced more than maple is actually worth.
Charging 50-60-70 bucks for maple is robbery and I refuse to pay it, and have stopped doing business with people who do.
How some folks get away with it is very annoying.

 

[Greenberg Woods]

I'd be interested in a some stabilized Bowie blocks, as long as they're not priced more than maple is actually worth.
Charging 50-60-70 bucks for maple is robbery and I refuse to pay it, and have stopped doing business with people who do.
How some folks get away with it is very annoying.

I dont think the board is thick enough for real bowie blocks.

 

[Karl B. Andersen]

I dont think the board is thick enough for real bowie blocks.

Only have to be an inch.

 

[boy&hisdogs]

I think just about everything has it's place. It's just a matter of finding the right knife to put it on.

 

[J. Hoffman]

I sell quite a few blocks of the birdseye. I've never had any issues finishing it, or with "eyes" falling out. It definitely has a grain direction and it sands very easily. It also looks really cool when it's dyed.

 

[Maelstrom78]

I've got some I'd like to have stabilized. I was thinking some in black, yellow and natural.

What colors have worked good for you?

 

[Matt Rochester]

I really like the black maple burl I've seen. It has some gold parts that look great. If the birdseye maple looks similar then I'm all for it.

 

[J. Hoffman]

I've got some I'd like to have stabilized. I was thinking some in black, yellow and natural.

What colors have worked good for you?

I've done black, green, red and blue. I never tried yellow because the natural look is so close to the yellow in my opinion. If you go to the website at the bottom, I have some blocks up there.

 

[Maelstrom78]

Thanks! The reason I say yellow is that I've got some yellow guide Maple Burl that I think looks great.

 

[butcher_block]

if i was coloring it anything i woudl want more of a goldbrown color but i am more then happy with natural