daizee
Knifemaker / Craftsman / Service Provider
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Am I just late to the party, or is Guayacan underrated as a handle material?
It's dense, super-fine-grained, naturally oily, doesn't burn easily, and polishes up very well even at low grit. It works easier than Ebony, and doesn't have the large grain openings of Cocobolo.
The grain is a little ho-hum, but it has a nice reddish brown. I put this piece of a battered project that I finally got around to finishing and it was a really nice surprise. Should I expect the scales to bow and pop off or something crazy?
The blade is 1095, about 0.115" at the ricasso and ~5.5" tip to scales. It was so battered on the grinder from a long time ago that it seemed like a good place for an experiment with this new wood.
The wood was a real surprise. It came from a Woodcrafter store-closing sale. The block felt nice and heavy, but the grain looked kind of boring. The first hint that there was more to it was when I split the scales on the bandsaw. Wow, does it shine up nice!
ETA: took a couple pictures outside when the weather cleared up.
Pix fixed (server problem)
-Daizee
It's dense, super-fine-grained, naturally oily, doesn't burn easily, and polishes up very well even at low grit. It works easier than Ebony, and doesn't have the large grain openings of Cocobolo.
The grain is a little ho-hum, but it has a nice reddish brown. I put this piece of a battered project that I finally got around to finishing and it was a really nice surprise. Should I expect the scales to bow and pop off or something crazy?
The blade is 1095, about 0.115" at the ricasso and ~5.5" tip to scales. It was so battered on the grinder from a long time ago that it seemed like a good place for an experiment with this new wood.
The wood was a real surprise. It came from a Woodcrafter store-closing sale. The block felt nice and heavy, but the grain looked kind of boring. The first hint that there was more to it was when I split the scales on the bandsaw. Wow, does it shine up nice!
ETA: took a couple pictures outside when the weather cleared up.
Pix fixed (server problem)
-Daizee
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