Question Regarding The Eucalyptus

Mistwalker · Jun 29, 2014

Is this the Eucalyptus on this handle stabilized or is it natural? Either way it's gorgeous, I'm just curious.

LilBayDeNoc · Jun 29, 2014

That's stunning!

Mistwalker · Jun 29, 2014

LilBayDeNoc said:
That's stunning!

It really is. I knew it was nice when I saw it in the Friday post, but those photos did not do this knife justice!

Kirkwood · Jun 29, 2014

It's a burl, so as far as I know it has to be stabilized. ETA: That's based on a statement I read from the owner of a knife company to the effect that burls need to be stabilized to work with. He could have just been speaking to burls on his knives and not all burls. Don't recall ever seeing them use eucalyptus on their knives.

And yes it is stunning.

allen456 · Jun 29, 2014

99% sure it is stabilized, i remeber getting it at blade also

Mistwalker · Jun 30, 2014

Kirkwood said:
It's a burl, so as far as I know it has to be stabilized. ETA: That's based on a statement I read from the owner of a knife company to the effect that burls need to be stabilized to work with. He could have just been speaking to burls on his knives and not all burls. Don't recall ever seeing them use eucalyptus on their knives.

And yes it is stunning.

Thanks, I had never heard that before. and yeah, it is changing my stance on wooden handles a bit

allen456 said:
99% sure it is stabilized, i remeber getting it at blade also

Thanks Allen! Do you know if this is also dyed, or just stabilized?

Kirkwood · Jun 30, 2014

mistwalker said:
Thanks, I had never heard that before. and yeah, it is changing my stance on wooden handles a bit

You had never heard it before because it's wrong.

Memory fail on my part. I took some time to do my due diligence and track down the post I was thinking of. He was speaking only about spalted woods and specifically spalted maple. Spalting being the result of fungal rot. Looked at the list of burl woods the company uses. Some are stabilized and some are not. So it seems some burls do not need stabilizing.

Mistwalker · Jun 30, 2014

Kirkwood said:
You had never heard it before because it's wrong. Memory fail on my part. I took some time to do my due diligence and track down the post I was thinking of. He was speaking only about spalted woods and specifically spalted maple. Spalting being the result of fungal rot. Looked at the list of burl woods the company uses. Some are stabilized and some are not. So it seems some burls do not need stabilizing.

Uh oh, they say the memory is the first to go

But seriously yeah that's what I was thinking I had seen in the past.

xxwjtxx · Jun 30, 2014

Update: did a quick search of mainstream stabilized wood providers ; 100% returned that they were adding stabilizing agents. I'm surprised given the composition of eucalyptus burl..some folks in the exotic wood crafting scene are turning natural eucalyptus burl with solid results but there is no info pertaining to long term stability or durability.