New caping knife just finished

[J.D.]

Here is another new knife just finished, with Dogwood handle. I ask for input awhile back on a caping knife, and here is the result. Hope you like it, all comments welcome.

contoured handle

natural Dogwood not stabilized

Thanks for looking

 

[heatheninthehills]

Looks really good to me. How did you get the handle so shiny?

 

[Tommegow]

JD
That the same Batch of Dogwood?
It is nicely figured!!
Tom
So.Ga

 

[mete]

Is the dogwood color correct ? The dogwood trees here are deep brown without any redness. It's a neat wood , very dense, very fine grain ,my favorite landscaping tree.

 

[J.D.]

Tommegow, it is the same batch of wood as the other knife.

mete, no it is not the natural color, it is dyed red. Before it was dyed and stabilized, it had some gray, brown, and real light pink streaks in it, almost went with clear instead of red. I still have some of the cut off scrap before being stabilized, I will try to get a pic of it posted here, later today.

heatheninthehills, the wood is dyed and stabilized, and was sanded to 400 on the belt grinder, then 400 and 600 hand sanded and lightly buffed with Jacson 51 compound on a sewn buff.
Thanks for looking.