finish ironwood scales...

[Methuselah]

wow ... good thing i wasn't in a hurry. thanks to you guys my g-10 liner is good and shinny, i used the go to glue from lock tite to hold the g-10 to the scale and will use the g-flex for the scale to tang, i drilled some shallow divits. this knife has a hidden lanyard hole so i finnished the front and back. they are not glued on yet, now i need to decide if i will use any sealer or just polish this, and leave it . it looks so good wet with water i'd like to see it stay that way , if possible. but , i also like the idea of sanding , polishing and a little buffing and let it age on it's own. i'd post pics if i knew how . so ....how do you finish ironwood ? thanks all...

 

[LARRYZ10]

sand to 400 or 600 and buff lightly. It has a nice warm glow. Classic and beautiful. Larry

 

[KCGGBC]

I like to sand to at least 600 grit, often higher and the use furniture wax. Really brings out the wood.

 

[hagatha]

sand to about 600 and buff with pure carnuba wax.

 

[viral]

I use the carnuba wax my dad bought for his car. Has a nice smell to it too

 

[DukeHarley]

I sand to 600 and use a general carnuba wax also. Went higher a few times but didn't really notice enough difference to make it worth the extra sanding time.

Jay

 

[Horsewright]

Little different opinion than most here. I use a lot of different woods and a lot if ironwood. Ironwood is the only one I take to a really high grit. I usually go to 4,000. Once past 600 its really a light buffing more than anything, not so much sanding. I really like and genrally use those 3m polishing papers. Around 1,200 grit and on up is when you start to see the grain really pop on ironwood. After 4,000 I do a light buffing with pink scratchless and two coats of a carnuba wax which I buff off with a clean buff. Try that, your ironwood will "pop" for you, the chaytoance will really come out and you'll be able to see "down" into the wood.

 

[logem]

I'm with Horsewright. I usually sand to at least 1,200 grit. Then I hit it on the buffer for about a minute with 1200 white rouge. Finally, a coat of ren-wax to complete it.

Mike L.

 

[Methuselah]

i made it to 2k and the white rouge. that hit the spot. thanks ....

 

[pauldavid]

With ironwood, I sand up to 600 grit, then I use crocus cloth, it gives it a nice finish and finally polish with Ren wax.

 

[Methuselah]

i completed this about 2 years ago . here it is , my first rehandle on a gso 6 from survive knives...

thank you blade forums.

i still have pic problems from my computer.@#$%ing thing..

more coming from tapatalk/

 

[Methuselah]

i completed this about 2 years ago . here it is , my first rehandle on a gso 6 from survive knives...

thank you blade forums.

i still have pic problems from my computer.@#$%ing thing..

more coming from tapatalk/

I joined up bladeforums early February 2015 in order to rehandle a knife. I had questions, I needed Ironwood applied to the blade I liked. Thanks to Stacy E. Apelt and the sticky with (everything I needed to know) in it I completed this project without any mistakes all the answers that you guys gave me were fantastic! so I'll finally post a few pictures. And I have used and abused this knife for everything. All shaping done with files and sand paper. Vise jaws are Ironwood too. ha. I spent about 12 hours that day shaping, sanding. Special thanks to Nick Wheeler for all your video's. I hope he sees my knife vise compared to his. Thanks to all the guys who had to feed back for me I appreciate it.

my cat "dumpster" claimed this knife at one point..

Sent from my SM-G930T

 

[Salem Straub]

I like 1000 grit, a little light oil such as turbine oil or even WD40, and then a light buff all over with pink rouge.

 

[noseoil]

600 or 800 grit, buff & then carnuba. Amazing wood to finish, but smelly if it gets too hot. My wife calls it stinkwood...