hardwood from afghanistan

rustyrazor

rustyrazor

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Hey Gents
Does anyone know anything about the hardwoods growing in afghanistan? I have a couple blocks of two different woods and they should make a really great knife handle. They are very tight grained, tough hardwoods that can survive almost anything including dulling two chainsaw blades trying to cut a single 9" tree down, but from a search on the internet I can't seem to find out what they are called and the locals had more names for them than enough... no two the same.
 
Hey guys, thanks for checking. I'll put some other pics up tomorrow. This one has a fairly consistent chestnut colour with a couple lighter streaks in it and a tight grain. the other is simply a whole different animal. pictures are the only way to show it. almost has a vein type of pattern. great looking stuff and hard...both of them are up there with the harder woods I've played with.


 
Kind of looks like Tigerwood to me. It's used a lot in decking. Here is a piece I have.
 
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Nice... that wood looks exactly like what i have prior to sanding and shaping. the piece i have has been soaked in thompsons water seal for a while. Thanks a bunch. I'll post a pic of the other stuff shortly.

Much appreciated

Royce
 
Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith said:
Why? That isn't a good idea, IMHO.
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it's being sent to a green beret buddy of mine and he intends to use it on his next deployment. I just wanted to have it a little water/grime resistant. I'm not a wood expert but it's worked on other non stabilized materials fairly well over the years. I also finish it with hand rubbed wax once its finished. any other way to protect it that works better, I'm all ears.

p.s. BallewBlade... I got it in Afghanistan. this piece near Kabul.
 
If it's what I said above then it doesn't need anything. Just sand it to 1500 or so and buff it. If you want you can hand buff it with some wax. It should be pretty waxy. Does it repel water as is?
 


Here's the other type I have... way more grainy. heavier still than the tiger wood. the darkening is from the heat because I had to cut it so slow with the band saw due to it being so hard. super tough wood.

P.S. Rookie25, I'll check if it does or not

P.P.S. to clarify, the dark along the edges isn't bark. it's the dark dried core of the tree. most of the ones I saw of this type of wood were dark in the center like that and had a hard grey-brown bark on the outside.
 
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The first piece looks like Teak......no idea what the second type is, but
it does look interesting.
 
bump... i don't want to put this stuff on a knife without being able to tell the guy what he's getting, so please guys helpe a brother out.
 
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