leaking wood

p moore

p moore

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I have something going on that I have never heard of.
I used a piece of stabalized maple on a knife,sanded down
real fine and buffed. then a few days later I saw what looked
like beads of sweat on the wood. Also carroded the tang area.
at first I thought it was moisture from the sheath, but was black on the tang not rust. Left it out of the sheath for a few days, and still
saw sweat on the wood. Bakek the whole knife for an hour at 150 deg.
still sweating. finally sanded the wood down again and waxed the wood this time.
Anyone ever heard of such? Could this be in the stabalizing process?


Paul
 
It is a piece of tiger maple I bought at Blade in Atlanta. Not sure who from. One of the biggies. Have you ever seen this before?
 
I have had pieces come back from stabilization that way. It's rare, but it does happen. I was told to bake it in the oven at 250 degrees F., for an hour or so, wrapped in tinfoil. It did work on my stuff.
If your handle is already attached, that temperature would ruin the epoxy bond. That would be OK, if you want to disassemble the knife. I don't know what to tell you, other than, if it was mine, I would take the handle off, and re do it right. :(
 
The only wood I've seen weep after stabilizing is thuya burl. I put it in the oven for an hour at 220 and the oil came out.

I've never seen maple do this. In my opinion maple is one of the best woods for stabilizing.
 
Chuck, it's possible that the stabilizing liquid, whatever it is, never set up, and is now weeping.
It's also possible that it is not Maple!:eek:
 
Good points Mike.

Paul, I suggest contacting the supplier you purchased the wood from and ask how they harden their stabilzed wood.
 
Had that happen to me once. I sent a large amount of maple and cherry burl to WSSI. They colored and stabilized it. When it came back, it was totally ruined. They gave me all kinds of explinations but bottom line was that I tossed all of the wood.
The next batch went to Jim Fray of Wild Woods. I had the wood colored or left in it's natural state then stabilized. The wood that came back was in perfect condition and could be used at once. I will never send wood to anyone else again.
 
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