Opinions -- What Would You Do ??

B . Buxton

B . Buxton

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I bought this piece of box elder form a knife supply store, it was sold to me as stabilized exhibition grade. ($30) It had some of this showing when I mounted it as a block, and I figured I had better grind the handle to shape before I proceeded to finish applying the butt cap, etc. As I kept grinding to finish shape you can see what showed up. I know with natural materials your kind of at the mercy of the material, but will everyone else look at it that way. The other side is perfect, and it is stabilized and there is no holes anywhere. So what would you do? contact the supply store and complain,leave it as is and forget it, or what? Another thing this handle is on a beautiful one of a kind mosaic pattern blade.

Thanks,

Bill
 
Is it a hole or a discolored area? I have a policy of sorts and that is if Mother Nature put it there it may be OK, of coarse if it is a hole you have to do something with it. Turquoise chip inlay gets used on my Bowie's when I find a crack in ironwood. You can also use brass, silver and any color of the rainbow to do a inlay. One thing I would do is leave it be for a day or two and think about what to do. I know how it feels to get surprised, sure can be a bummer, good luck.
Gib
 
I agree with Gib but, I'd also contact the supplier and see what they say. Most folks (that are good to deal with anyway) I think would offer to make things right. I know we are all at the whim of what nature puts in our way but, good business people also want to keep a good customer happy. It sure wouldn't hurt to mention it.
 
Personally, If I paid for exibition grade and that was showing when I bought it, I'd send it back or whatever the supplier wanted, but would ask him to replace it, his nickel.
If it was regular grade, I'd fill it with zap-a-gap, shoot it with a$$ kicker accelerant, and sand it smooth.:eek:
 
Mike it was exhibition grade or suppose to be. I was hoping that the outside void would be just a surface blemish and that I could grind it out, but no way, it just kept growing. I just received a piece of exhibition grade redwood burl from the same place and it sucks too. They've seen the last of my money, to advertise as exhibition grade and then send this out just doesn't sit good. I'm not in the business of ordering whats suppose to be top grade materials and then expected to send it back if its not, it should never have been sent out at that rateing to start with. It was my mistake to go ahead and use it, I haven't decided yet if I'll leave it alone or not, but I'm leaning towards splitting it off and starting over, it just takes to much away from the beauty of the whole package.

Thanks,

Bill
 
What would I do?

In the words of Bruce Bump...

"Charge extra"



;)
 
yeahup Bill the key word "exhibition grade "
and that is not stabilized exhibition grade
the supplier got top dollar and so should you..send her back
 
I'd ask for a replacement at there cost. To bad you can't charge them for your time but I'm afraid you stuck for that.
 
I believe you should be given another piece of wood without seconds blemishes.

If they are not a reputable company give them the flick. I think most people just need to be alerted to the fact that they have sold a bad bit of wood and they will give you another. Give them the chance.

Failing that, is your tang long enough to make a 2 tone handle. My old mate made 2 tone handles as a standard feature of his style It may be an option.

Another mate bonds about 5 or 6 chunks together for multi coloured handles,
off cuts are not always just scrap. They look great if you get the right mix.
 
Howdy There......!
I agree with one of the others, fill that puppy in and charge $100 more for the character of the handle material. Let us know what decision you make and how it comes out.

Later "Possum" :eek:
 
When I made my rifle stock I got a surprize hole like that, a rather straight grained piece of wood and a defect showed up next to the floor plate.I filled the hole with sawdust from that stock and glue .A visible defect that looks 'natural' [it was] and not objectional.
 
I just had the same thing happen yesterday but it was with a $100 pair of black lip pearl scales. It started out as a small white ckaulky speck and the deeper I ground the biger it got and there was one in each scale, I was able to grind them out but the scales came out thinner than I wanted and they lost a little color. The pearl guy usually won't take any pearl back but most guys selling wood will. This natural handle material can be a pain.

Don Hanson lll
 
I can't see it for some reason I got this:

peter nap, you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:

From what you have said, I would first contact the seller. If that doesn't work, go back to the difference between artists and armatures. It's all in how well they can fix mistakes both natural and man made.
 
Thanks all for the comments. I've decided its got to be replaced. So I called the supply store and told them that this piece of handle material wasn't acceptable, and they said, they would send me another piece out today. I was going to replace it with a different wood but I'll wait now. So hopefully this knife will get another handle in a couple more days.

Bill
 
Dangit, I can't see the attachment! I click on it and it tells me I don't have sufficient privelages. What gives???
 
peter nap said:
I can't see it for some reason I got this:

peter nap, you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:

From what you have said, I would first contact the seller. If that doesn't work, go back to the difference between artists and armatures. It's all in how well they can fix mistakes both natural and man made.
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peter don :D have you changed puters? or the security settings on it?
check your cookie settings.. :confused:
 
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