Thunderstruck Knife Scales

[ThunderstruckStudios]

Hi all,

I operate a small woodworking / fabrication company out of Fort Collins, CO. We've been around for a few years, but are new to BladeForums and knife making in general.

I'll keep this short since our photos are the best description of what we do, but we are now making and selling wood scales, both premade and made to order. We're looking to make some connections with people through this site and hopefully get some collaborations going.

Any feedback / ideas / suggestions are welcome!

Luke
Thunderstruck Studios

 

[Phixt]

Welcome.

It's BladeForums bro.

Interesting pieces you have there. Love the name.

 

[ThunderstruckStudios]

Ah that's embarrassing. I've been on here all day and can't get the name right

 

[Justin Schmidt]

Nice. Normally I'm not a fan of hybrid scales but I like what you've done. What are your prices?

 

[ThunderstruckStudios]

Justin Schmidt Thanks. We have some inventory and made-to-order options up on our site (including pricing). I've gotten a lot of feedback from this forum in the last day or so, so there will be several updates very soon on wood species, dimensions, and stabilizing.

 

[Josh Rider]

Really cool! I’m also not a fan of hybrid wood usually, but these are great looking, not overdone.

 

[ThunderstruckStudios]

Josh Rider Thanks! Just keeping people updated, we just got some really nice mexican ebony and caribbean rosewood in the shop. Planning on making a big batch of scale and block blanks, sending them to K&G, then posting finished pictures back here.

 

[ThunderstruckStudios]

Checking back in here: we took your advice and are almost done with a new batch of scales/blocks. We sent around 11 lbs of wood to K&G for stabilizing, including acacia, walnut, caribbean rosewood, and mexican ebony. Some had resin already poured and some were just burned and brushed out. We just got it back last week and we're now working on filling in the rest with resin. We'll post back here when we have some available for sale.

Quick question: right now we have almost all blocks at 5" x 1-1/2" x 1". Would you prefer them sold already re-sawn and flattened to 3/8" thick each? Or is it better to offer the one piece block with the option of re-sawing?
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