purple spacer stock?

[Dan Gray]

Dan,

The composite stuff is easy to work. No problems on typical equipment.

--Carl

thanks
I guess it wants water though from what I see so far, COOL

 

[pricecw]

Dan, I have worked some composite Lapis. I think if you can run your equipment slow, then the water is not that important. What you don't want to do is heat it up.

I will let you know how the one I am currently working on goes, I should get it through the finish sanding this weekend, and I won't wet it next to the wood. What I really like about it is it works just about like the wood.

--Carl

 

[Dan Gray]

thanks
I use ivory and of course dry, so I should be ok with this stuff:thumbup:

 

[Raymond Richard]

Dan, Not sure if anyone suggested finding a purple plastic container and using it for spacer material. Purple, red all looks about the same to me.

 

[Dan Gray]

Thanks Ray
I did think of that at first but wanted at first choice something a little more exotic if I could,, it's a good alternate for sure.

 

[Del Raso Knives]

Dan

Go to an art supply shop and buy a sheet of purple card (the kind with the color all the way through) Cut up and soak what you need in supper glue, let it dry and you will have home made stabilised purple spacer.

Dont forget it will go darker because of the glue.

 

[Dan Gray]

Dan

Go to an art supply shop and buy a sheet of purple card (the kind with the color all the way through) Cut up and soak what you need in supper glue, let it dry and you will have home made stabilised purple spacer.

Dont forget it will go darker because of the glue.

another good Idea :thumbup: as said I'm out for a little more exotic, this one is at about 5 bills
but it's a good idea to put in back of the old noodle? thank you

 

[pricecw]

Dan,

Here is a picture with the charoite on it. I really liked the way the purple turned out.

--Carl

 

[Hengelo_77]

This is an interesting difference in taste.
In the US people tent to like colourfull stone spacers.
Most people in Europe don't seem to like the contrast of the bright colour.

 

[Dan Gray]

Jim I got the Sugarlite cool stuff. Thanks

Dan,

Here is a picture with the charoite on it. I really liked the way the purple turned out.


--Carl

charoite? is it the same same Sugarlite?

OK I see
same stuff but differant color

Carl ? purple?

 

[jim moyer]

Thanks for letting me know Dan. Hope it works out for you.

Jim

 

[pricecw]

Dan, I don't know if it the same stuff, but Sugarlite is usually described as violet, charoite is usually described as purple with light purple streaks. That said, the piece of sugarlite posted earlier looks the same.

This is an interesting difference in taste.
In the US people tent to like colourfull stone spacers.
Most people in Europe don't seem to like the contrast of the bright colour.

I do both with and without. I am currently at the point in my knifemaking where I am playing around and making blades I like. That means I do things just because I want to try it. With this one, I was deciding between just the Koa, an antler spacer, or a stone. I decided I wanted a transition between the Hex stock and the wood, and actually drilled and roughed in both anlter and the stone above. Decided I really liked the purple, and went with it.

The two sheaths are just an odd accident, made the left handed one, realized it, and then made the right handed one.

--Carl

 

[Steve Hayden]

Fitzo had it right the mineral is sugilite. Charoite is a greenish color like Turquoise.

For recon stone, go to jewelry supply houses. I like:

http://www.riogrande.com/
http://www.monsterslayer.com/
http://www.thunderbirdsupply.com/

They are also good for metals like silver, gold, copper etc

 

[pricecw]

Steve,

I was sure what I got was Charoite (labeled that at least), so I did a quick search on the two gems:

The Mineral CHAROITE
Hydrated Potassium Sodium Calcium Barium Strontium Silicate Hydroxide Fluoride.

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS:

* Color is white, lavender, lilac, violet and/or purple.
* Luster vitreous to pearly.
* Transparency transparent to translucent.
* Streak is pale purple.

THE MINERAL SUGILITE
Potassium Sodium Lithium Iron Manganese Aluminum Silicate.

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS:

* Color is purple, brown to yellow, pale pink and even black.
* Luster is vitreous to dull or waxy.
* Transparency: Crystals are translucent to opaque.
* Streak is brown.

http://mineral.galleries.com/minerals/by-name.htm

For some good Charoite pics
http://www.gemhut.com/charoite.htm

--Carl

 

[Dan Gray]

purple or violet
the piece Jim sent me ,, the wife said looks purple??
it's Greek to me..I must be color blind, my dad is

here see the color this guy calls Sugilite
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...ssPageName=MERC_VI_RSCC_Pr4_PcY_BIN_Stores_IT

it's a lot different than the piece Jim sent me..
Carl what's on your knife to me looks like violet
the color on my monitor must be off kilter or something

OK I got to put these together

you guys tell me??

 

[pricecw]

Dan,

In my mind, violet tends toward pink, while purple tends toward blue. The link you posted is what I have always thought of as sugilite, kind of towards the pink. Same guy with charoite
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...ssPageName=MERC_VI_RSCC_Pr4_PcY_BIN_Stores_IT

If the picture is anywhere near on my monitor, the sugilite you got tends toward the dark violet, but I still see the pink in the streaks. The Charoite has no pink, just light and dark purple. Big problem is these all are different points in the same range, so it's hard to tell. And it appears that these two examples are very, very close together.

I really like that sugilite, much better than the link to the e-bay guy.

On interesting note, Charoite was only discovered in something like 1978 in one place in Russia.

--Carl

 

[Steve Hayden]

Steve,

I was sure what I got was Charoite (labeled that at least), so I did a quick search on the two gems:

The Mineral CHAROITE
Hydrated Potassium Sodium Calcium Barium Strontium Silicate Hydroxide Fluoride.

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS:

* Color is white, lavender, lilac, violet and/or purple.
* Luster vitreous to pearly.
* Transparency transparent to translucent.
* Streak is pale purple.

http://mineral.galleries.com/minerals/by-name.htm

For some good Charoite pics
http://www.gemhut.com/charoite.htm

--Carl

You're right I was thinking of Jarosite.

Anyway check out the sites I listed above. Their prices are considerably lower than online knife supply sites.

Monsterslayer.com and Thunderbird supply are local to my area, so I buy the stuff in person most of the time, Rio Grande Supply is way bigger, but is a couple of hundred miles away in Albuquerque.

 

[pricecw]

Steve,

It would be great to walk around those places. I have to order over the web and hope the picture is realistic. Of course, if I went in one of those stores, my wife would probably kill me when I came out.

--Carl

 

[Dan Gray]

Dan,

In my mind, violet tends toward pink, while purple tends toward blue. The link you posted is what I have always thought of as sugilite, kind of towards the pink. Same guy with charoite
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...ssPageName=MERC_VI_RSCC_Pr4_PcY_BIN_Stores_IT

If the picture is anywhere near on my monitor, the sugilite you got tends toward the dark violet, but I still see the pink in the streaks. The Charoite has no pink, just light and dark purple. Big problem is these all are different points in the same range, so it's hard to tell. And it appears that these two examples are very, very close together.

I really like that sugilite, much better than the link to the e-bay guy.

On interesting note, Charoite was only discovered in something like 1978 in one place in Russia.

--Carl

I emailed the Guy selling on line
about custom cutting it and got the answers I needed and then asked about the color and I got this back from him.

Sugalite is purple.

Thank you,

Brett

this must be on the light side. and I see it can be that way too. form the descriptions I find. .
what Jim sent me is nice but I also need two pieces that have to be longer
and I'll need to match it or get more of the same.. matching, I think will be a problem, unless cut from the same block,

 

[pricecw]

Dan,

I think you are right there, I don't see you getting a good match unless they are all cut at the same time. If he as a good stock, I wouldn't doubt he could get a good match from a couple of blocks, but I can't imagine getting a match from photos, unless you have a color card and he can try and match the new ones to the picture.

--Carl