Honduran rosewood Burl, Stabilize?

[indy]

I picked up a beautiful set of honduran rosewood burl scales. I've been googling for a while and can't find whether or not they should be stabilized. 1 site says rosewood absorbs a lot of moisture, another says it's dense and oily. I've been waiting ages for these to come in and I'm chomping at the bit to get started with them


I've also got some amboyna burl, I'm pretty sure it's needs treated, and got ripped off by an ebayer for a set that were supposedly treated and obviously aren't. Such is life I guess.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Russ Andrews]

Rosewood is a waxy wood, and while it can be stabilized, It's
not recommended because...a) very little bennefit, .....and
b) the wax can continue to weep from the wood for some time
after.

 

[galadduin]

I picked up a beautiful set of honduran rosewood burl scales. I've been googling for a while and can't find whether or not they should be stabilized. 1 site says rosewood absorbs a lot of moisture, another says it's dense and oily. I've been waiting ages for these to come in and I'm chomping at the bit to get started with them


I've also got some amboyna burl, I'm pretty sure it's needs treated, and got ripped off by an ebayer for a set that were supposedly treated and obviously aren't. Such is life I guess.

Thanks in advance!

I got ordered some stabilized Honduran Rosewood Burl scales from galleryhardwoods. For me it's better to be stabilized I guess as it is not as dense as normal rosewood, it is more light and has weaker structure. No wax wept from scales, I guess the stabilization quality is important. I made 2 knives out of that scales, they turned out great...

 

[Troop]

I would stabilize, in one form or another, all burls.
- Mitch