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Hey guys. I was having a chat with some makers about the woods they used to see for knives and the current market.
It's always a little odd to remind myself that despite still being a little young "I'm currently 26" I've been in the knife making world for about 13 years and selling wood for 10-11 years. I was starting knifemaking around when shows like forged in fire, Alecs videos and Walter Sorrells videos were coming out and knifemaking was becoming a more common hobby.
Looking back, when guys like Burlsource were the main wood sellers the species range seemed much smaller. Lots of domestic hardwoods, maple burl, curly maple, walnut, Osage orange, curly Koa amd Desert ironwood. The exotic species being used were the more common ones, ebony, African Blackwood, some amboyna, purpleheart, cocobolo and some rosewood.
For those of you who have been doing this a while, what woods do you remember being common? How much has the wood landscape changed?
It's always a little odd to remind myself that despite still being a little young "I'm currently 26" I've been in the knife making world for about 13 years and selling wood for 10-11 years. I was starting knifemaking around when shows like forged in fire, Alecs videos and Walter Sorrells videos were coming out and knifemaking was becoming a more common hobby.
Looking back, when guys like Burlsource were the main wood sellers the species range seemed much smaller. Lots of domestic hardwoods, maple burl, curly maple, walnut, Osage orange, curly Koa amd Desert ironwood. The exotic species being used were the more common ones, ebony, African Blackwood, some amboyna, purpleheart, cocobolo and some rosewood.
For those of you who have been doing this a while, what woods do you remember being common? How much has the wood landscape changed?