Wooden Wednesday - Traditionals only please

Loving the Ebony on this Ancient


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Mind??? :) It's great to see that one again VP! In 1976 all 50 states competed in a national contest for the best Bi-Centennial license plate design, Michigan's won.
Very cool pruner too! :thumbsup::thumbsup:
 
redsparrow said:
Mind??? :) It's great to see that one again VP! In 1976 all 50 states competed in a national contest for the best Bi-Centennial license plate design, Michigan's won.
Very cool pruner too! :thumbsup::thumbsup:
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I did not have any idea of that little tidbit of history! Looks like I got some license plates to post for sale online... LoL :D Just kidding, that makes these even more special to me :thumbsup:
 
lambertiana said:
A number of woods darken with UV exposure. Cocobolo is another that darkens significantly over time.

Many of the tropical hardwoods do not need to be stabilized, including ebony, cocobolo, african blackwood, lignum vitae, ipe, bloodwood, desert ironwood (which is technically not tropical), and rosewood, to name a few. They are hard enough and have high enough oil content to be stable and water resistant without further treatment. Osage orange usually does not need stabilization, either. If someone stabilizes one of those they are just wasting the effort. For other types of wood, like oak and maple, stabilization is needed if you want it to be as resistant to weather and wear like the tropical woods.

My carry for Wooden Wednesday - A Queen 26 dressed in cocobolo.
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Agree!

Woods change color over time. Vera, Argentine ligeum, turn greener with time. Ironwood can go black. Purpleheart starts almost grey fresh cut, then turns purple and over time turns black. Rose woods, including Cocobolo, all get darker, some very black. Wenge starts almost black and can lighten over time. Wooddata base website has good info on color changes in woods. Making the color you want stick can be hard.

Stabilizing is also said to make softer woods, redwood Burl, spald woods, elder etc “hard” enough to use in handles. Do not know if would it slows color changes, up blockers and good seal should slow things.

Bill
 
I think the real benefit of the stabilization process is that it makes some really nice woods usable in knife making that normally would not be. The process does make some woods more like some of the common hardwoods used for handles in that the finish is now inside the wood not something applied to the outside.

All the technical stuff looks to have been covered already, so I won't re hash it.
 
A nicely run-in Dixie Stockman you show today Ron, what a great pattern it is, wish they'd do another batch soon.

Thanks, Will
 
Half/Stop said:
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That looks like a knife that has seen some solid use! I love how Osage tends to change/evolve with use and exposure.

redsparrow said:
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A wonderful pair, James! That NF 77 is a real beauty, probably a dream configuration for me: 77 Barlow with Ebony/blackwood covers and a spear blade. A match certainly made in the heavens.

5K Qs said:
I happen to have 3 knives with wood covers in my rotation this week.
Olive wood Joker purchased in Valencia, Spain:
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Remington peanut with some kind of burl:
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Buck wood canoe:
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I haven't gravitated towards the Canoe pattern yet but I really do like the looks of that Buck, GT! Is that Walnut?


Nothing too spectacular for me today, just this humble Lambsfoot, with its better looking side.

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