Wood Supply is hard to find and so .........

[Dick]

Wood supply is sometimes difficult to find and also prices getting expensive.
Perhaps buying old furniture is a good choice.


All these will become Knife handle soon:

 

[Dick]

This bundal of Burl Wood cost me more than US$ 1000

 

[Troop]

Good idea, Dick. When I pass by yard sales, I slow down to look for furniture for handle material.

 

[lonepine]

Resale stores such as GoodWill can have various items made from interesting wood. I picked up a folder cover that I'm pretty sure is padauk. I had bookends from Pakistan that made a very good handle. Impoverished as I am I keep my eyes open for opportunities like this.

LonePine
AKA Paul Meske, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin

 

[Burl Source]

Another thing to watch for are the ironwood carvings. Last knife show I was at there was a swap meet going on next door. Found an ironwood carving for $10 that would yield 4 blocks.

 

[Shaughnessy]

Dick is this some of the same stuff you sent me? If you're going to cut all that sap wood off like you have marked in the pics ....I would like some of that. Thanks Larry

 

[Dick]

Hi Larry;

How about the Curly Wood ?
Which one is better ?

Well Larry, we are cutting wood all the time


http://www.konrakmeed.com/webboard/upload/index.php?showtopic=11456

 

[hodgescl]

well it looks better than using old ax handles.

 

[Shaughnessy]

Dick I like the curly, but I like that yellow sap stuff too. Your curly stuff looks similiar to my piece here..... Altho that tiger stripe is pretty cool as well.

 

[godogs57]

Passed by my local cell phone dealership last year and they were throwing away some furniture. I scarfed up some of the prettiest fiddleback maple you ever saw from the dumpster! I was amazed.

 

[Nathan the Machinist]

I love these folks: http://www.exoticwoodgroup.com


The wood they have listed as "premium" is really freakin nice. Good place to get premo African blackwood and ebony. If you look now they're a little low on the best stuff because I just cleaned them out. But give them a few days...

Some freshly cut cocobolo I got from them:

I consider that to be good quality wood (it turns red a few days after being cut).The cost is good, the quality is good. I like to let it sit around a long time before I use it so it is totally dry- but that's pretty well compatible with my process too, (I'm slow)...

 

[Hengelo_77]

I am very jealous now

 

[mq1kael]

I picked up about 20 lbs from the local premium hardwood floor supplier for nothing, they actually thanked me for picking up all the pieces the forklift had scratchedGot some really nice walnut and bocote and some crazy stuff. One that looks like ebony haven't checked it