Tiger maple, curly maple, whatever you call it, I'm a fan!

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Adam Reese

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Hello everyone,

Here is one I just finished. It's 1095 and tiger maple or curly maple, or whatever maple. I've heard it called a few different things, but this is the first time I've used it and I love it. I stained it with fieblings light brown leather dye then with black, then burnished it with 0000 steel wool, then about half a dozen coats of danish oil. I let that dry for about 3 or 4 days, then gave it a coat of paste wax. I think it came out pretty good. The sun light was giving me fits in my little light box so the pictures don't do it justice.

(Should have wiped it down better before this pic.:))

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What do you think?

-Adam
 
I think that's a very nice knife Adam. :thumbup:

I love just about any curly/tiger/fiddle-back wood. I'm not sure if it's geography that determines who calls it what... LOL

It seems there are about 101 ways to finish the stuff... I've only tried about 27 of them. ;) :D

A clay hardened blade and curly Maple... what's not to like?!? :)


***edited to add*** What are the pins? Are they something like brown micarta, or did you put some kind of putty over short pins? Just wonder'n. :)
 
Thanks for the compliments Nick! I too love any sort of curly wood, from koa to maple. I just never had any to use, but I think that will all change in the near future...

Oh, the pins are brown garolite (Mcmaster's version of micarta).

-Adam
 
Big two thumbs up for Aqua Fortis-- unlike "stains" this is a chemical treatment. No pigmenting or other "stuff" in the mix to muddy up the appearance of the wood. Get yours at trackofthewolf.com

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I've never used Aqua fortis, but I read a little about it in preparing to stain the maple on this knife. Is it better than stain? How deep does the color go?

-Adam
 
In the way I understand things you are correct in calling it tiger maple.
Tiger maple is tight curly maple that is cut flat sawn.
That leaves bold stripes on the spine and belly with the stripes changing shape on the face to look like tiger stripes.
BTW: great looking knife.
 
In the guitar world it is known as flame maple but whatever you call it, it's beautiful. Color Tone liquid stains, available in ten colors, enhance the grain for 3d look.
 
Mark,

Thanks for confirming the name for me. I had heard it called tiger or curly, but wasn't sure which it was. I was lucky enough to get a small board of this from an "iron in the hat" event at our last guild meeting. I have enough left over to do two more knives, but then I'll be on the hunt for some more!

Oh, thanks for the compliment on the knife also!

-Adam
 
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