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Olive Burl from AKS
- Thread starter Wulf
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Not to be a stick in the mud, but that don't look like any Olive Wood that I've ever seen. But, having said that, I don't really care what they call it, it's friggin gorgeous. 
On a somewhat related note; I once went to a big gun/knife show and found a knife supply dealer set up and he had a whole bunch of pieces of beautiful burl wood. He swore up and down it was Teak wood. ??? I just shook my head and said, "yeah, ok, buddy" as I bought a big pile of it from him. He could have called it petrified mule dung for all I care. I just knew it was fargin beautiful wood and I bought it. Turned out to be what I guessed; Amboynia Burl.
On a somewhat related note; I once went to a big gun/knife show and found a knife supply dealer set up and he had a whole bunch of pieces of beautiful burl wood. He swore up and down it was Teak wood. ??? I just shook my head and said, "yeah, ok, buddy" as I bought a big pile of it from him. He could have called it petrified mule dung for all I care. I just knew it was fargin beautiful wood and I bought it. Turned out to be what I guessed; Amboynia Burl.
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Yeah, olivewood is very light in color and this stuff is a pretty deep brown - much like the dark streaks you find in the "regular" olive wood.
Check out some of the other pieces Chuck Bybee has on his site.
http://alphaknifesupply.com/wood-stabilized.htm
Check out some of the other pieces Chuck Bybee has on his site.
http://alphaknifesupply.com/wood-stabilized.htm
Just went to AKS website and discovered that there is such thing as stabilized ebony and black wood.
I was under impression that these two don't need stabilization and won't soak in much stabilizing agent anyway.
I was very happy to get big board(good for 15 knives) of kiln dried Ebony for $30
Now I am not so happy
I was under impression that these two don't need stabilization and won't soak in much stabilizing agent anyway.
I was very happy to get big board(good for 15 knives) of kiln dried Ebony for $30
Now I am not so happy
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Looks like redwood burl to me...I could be wrong.
Craig
Craig
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When we received this burl I questioned if it was olive. The logger assured me it was. After several months of research I've come to the conclusion it is Russian Olive.
Russian olive is a dark brown with a hint of green. It is much darker and more brown than redwood. If you held Russian olive burl in one hand and redwood burl in the other, you would easily see the difference and not mistake one for the other.
As far as stabilizing ebony, Mike Ludeman at WSSI told us ebony will stabilize if the thickness is less than .375. Stabilized ebony finishes like glass.
African blackwood stabilizes well even with its high oil content. I personally prefer natural blackwood to stabilized. Natural blackwood finishes better. The only reason we carry stabilized blackwood is knifemakers want it.
Wulf, thank you for posting the picture. The handle looks great. :thumbup:
Russian olive is a dark brown with a hint of green. It is much darker and more brown than redwood. If you held Russian olive burl in one hand and redwood burl in the other, you would easily see the difference and not mistake one for the other.
As far as stabilizing ebony, Mike Ludeman at WSSI told us ebony will stabilize if the thickness is less than .375. Stabilized ebony finishes like glass.
African blackwood stabilizes well even with its high oil content. I personally prefer natural blackwood to stabilized. Natural blackwood finishes better. The only reason we carry stabilized blackwood is knifemakers want it.
Wulf, thank you for posting the picture. The handle looks great. :thumbup: