Hey folks, first post, hope forum adm will forgive if this should be in a different area
I’m working on pulling together a project for my Boy Scouts. Here in AK, the natives used old “buck saw” blades to make thier ulus. Working with a local waterjet shop to cut knife blanks from old circular saw blades. Hoping the boys can make thier own knives, if I get the project scoped down to just pinning/epoxy, and shaping handles with belt sanders.
I wanted to prepare a variety of possible handle materials. I’ve got 1/2 dozen different hardwood scraps. Plan to make some mycarta, got a few sticks of cactus wood.
About 20 years ago I picked up a chunk of bone off the beach in Barrow or Kotzebue. The bone is a couple feet long, about 6” in diameter. I thought I would cut some slices with my band saw and try and impregnate with colored epoxy
Now my questions.
Can old bone become too “chalky”, it just cannot be stabilized ?
Any helpful videos on YouTube on how to suck in epoxy to fill all the voids ?
I’m working on pulling together a project for my Boy Scouts. Here in AK, the natives used old “buck saw” blades to make thier ulus. Working with a local waterjet shop to cut knife blanks from old circular saw blades. Hoping the boys can make thier own knives, if I get the project scoped down to just pinning/epoxy, and shaping handles with belt sanders.
I wanted to prepare a variety of possible handle materials. I’ve got 1/2 dozen different hardwood scraps. Plan to make some mycarta, got a few sticks of cactus wood.
About 20 years ago I picked up a chunk of bone off the beach in Barrow or Kotzebue. The bone is a couple feet long, about 6” in diameter. I thought I would cut some slices with my band saw and try and impregnate with colored epoxy
Now my questions.
Can old bone become too “chalky”, it just cannot be stabilized ?
Any helpful videos on YouTube on how to suck in epoxy to fill all the voids ?
