What the heck, another economic stimulus thread! Handle material giveaway!

Congratulations Dave! Can't wait to see what you do with em. Scott, this was a very cool thing to do; thanks for the opportunity. :thumbup:
 
HOLY CRAP! This is a lot of purpleheart!

How much does it weigh? 20 pounds? Scott, you weren't kidding about BLOCKS of wood. This will last a good long time. I love the ebony, too. Thanks again!

OK, so, now I need some advice. If I want to combine the purpleheart with something else, what would look good? A darker wood or lighter?

Does purpleheart really need to be stabilized?

A couple of the other pieces will have to be stabilized I imagine. What do you guys think about Wood Stabilizing Specialists for this?

I'll be able to handle knives and make matching 1911 grips as well.
 
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HOLY CRAP! This is a lot of purpleheart!

How much does it weigh? 20 pounds? Scott, you weren't kidding about BLOCKS of wood. This will last a good long time. I love the ebony, too. Thanks again!

OK, so, now I need some advice. If I want to combine the purpleheart with something else, what would look good? A darker wood or lighter?

Does purpleheart really need to be stabilized?

A couple of the other pieces will have to be stabilized I imagine. What do you guys think about Wood Stabilizing Specialists for this?

I'll be able to handle knives and make matching 1911 grips as well.
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You're very welcome. I'm pretty darn happy that the winner ended up being a new maker!

I've never stabilized purpleheart, but have been told that it handles the process well. I've always used it unstabilized and haven't had any issues with it yet, but with my recent issues with some lignum vitae, I'm thinking that I'll only be using stabilized woods from here on out.

I sent you a block of spalted burled maple and california buckeye burl. Both of those definitely need to be stabilized. The block of Macassar Ebony was a very nice piece with lots of colors, that I can't wait to see you turn into a knife handle. I have one more block of that left for my own use. The black ebony finishes out very nice with some wisps of cream in it.

I can't remember what the fifth block was. Was it Black Palm? If it was, that will also need to be stabilized.
 
Scott,

Here are some of the blades your Purpleheart is gonna go on.

I hope you approve.
 

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Those are lookin' good, Dave. The dual grind style is interesting. Looks from here like you did a nice job keeping them straight and even. I like the second one from the top best, handle-wise. :thumbup:

I'd like to see your 1911 grips, too. Do you do your own checkering? If so, maybe we could collaborate on something in the future... checkering is cool but I don't know anything about how to do it.

As to stabilizing, both WSSI and River Ridge give a discount the larger the order gets. So get a bunch together and have it all done at once. That's what I intend to do if I ever get off my butt and get my wood packaged.

Congrats on the win and keep at it, bro! :)
 
OH, CRAP!

I hate to disappoint you guys but you know I have only screwed up one file.

I really wish I could take credit for the blades but Charles at Anza Knives made these up for me. I wouldn't want you to get the wrong idea about this. Charles did a nice job, though, didn't he?

I haven't yet gotten to the point that I can grind files yet.

I think I'm going to order a sander from: http://www.northcoastknives.com/northcoast_knives_PowerTools.htm

It's in my price range unless ya'll can direct me to something else.

James,
I do make a lot of 1911 grips, some of which I sell online. I have not yet gotten to the point I can do checkering. I'm practicing. You can look at my grips in my photo album.

I make grips for High Standard derringers too.

BTW, I spoke to Brad (B.V.) on the phone today. We are gonna get together and trade knife and handle making tips (is this gonna be like the blind leading the blind? No offense, Brad) and get together with a couple of local knife makers.

Thanks, Erik
 
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Scott,

Here is the first blade with you purpleheart.

The blade is spring steel that Charles Davis from Anza Knives made for me.

Simple little utility knife.

I'll probably use it to slice apples or or open boxes or something.

The purpleheart polished up nicely. I forgot how difficult working with purpleheart is. It burns extremely easily when sanding.But it's purty.
 

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