Off Topic Stabilize?

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BearPawBlacksmithing

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How would this somewhat punky Hawthorne stabilize? Most of it is incredibly hard but there are some punky areas. It does seem to have a very low oil content which would help, I just don't know if it would penetrate the hard areas.
It takes about 70 years to grow 3.5'' so it is pretty hard. What do you think? Would it be worth giving it a try?
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could make a good looking knife IMHO

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I'd guess the hard part is the dark heartwood? While the soft punky part is the white sapwood? If any is punky, then it does need stabilizing for sure. The soft park will absorb resin while the dark heartwood won't absorb so much. If I remember, Hawthorne heartwood is very dense like Ironwood? If so, the dark heartwood would do good without stabilizing, but any of the punky wood needs it for sure. You planning to send to K&G? OR - home stabilize using Cactus Juice or similar resin?
 
If the light sapwood will be hard enough to use I'd cut blocks with both heartwood and sapwood
 
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I'd guess the hard part is the dark heartwood? While the soft punky part is the white sapwood? If any is punky, then it does need stabilizing for sure. The soft park will absorb resin while the dark heartwood won't absorb so much. If I remember, Hawthorne heartwood is very dense like Ironwood? If so, the dark heartwood would do good without stabilizing, but any of the punky wood needs it for sure. You planning to send to K&G? OR - home stabilize using Cactus Juice or similar resin?
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Acturally it is in the center area and the punkyness is due to decomposition. Has anyone had experience with how this type of thing would turn out? I would be sending it to get professionally stabilized. But even so, I question whether the resin would fully penitrate the hard areas. What's the hardest wood any of you have tried stabilizing?
 
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