kbaknife Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 This is another piece of Walnut that I salvaged from a demise of doom in the fireplace! While splitting some firewood to sell two years ago, a friend of mine discovered a piece that had some strage "goin's on" inside it! So, I cut it into blocks and dried them in the ceiling of my shop for two years and then sent to K and G to be stabilized. My customer chose this one for his 5160 hunter to use in Colorado where he lives. Hot blued guard and finial in a take-down assembly. I just keep wishing I had a truck load of that walnut! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlson Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 do you stabilize the wood for the handle as blocks? Before you work them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbaknife Posted March 19, 2009 Author Share Posted March 19, 2009 do you stabilize the wood for the handle as blocks? Before you work them? I cut them into handle sized blocks and put them up in the ceiling of my shop for a MINUMUM of a year. Then, send them off to be professionally stabilized. There is absolutely no home-stabilizing process than equals the pros like K and G or WSSI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bentiron1946 Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Living out here in the arid West where sometimes the biggest thing around is a creosote bush I am amazed at the wood my brothers in the East consider firewood and we would spend good money to have. Life is strange. Nice knife by the way.:cool: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetalMuncher Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Whoa dude!! Crazy stuff man. Nice work, looks like a very handy knife. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenn Clif Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Wow, that is one nice knife! good work! Thanks for the pics! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fe-Wood Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Nice work, and Pics!!! I just got big old piece of that type of walnut for a table top I'm building for a show. I wish I had a truck load too. Sells for about $6-$12 a bourd foot out here in Caly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quenchcrack Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Pretty nice knife for just hunting walnuts........Sorry.... Knife is a beauty, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodreaux Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 beautiful metal and wood. I just "picked" up about 3000/4000 pounds of pecan stumps and butts...WOW!!! But I have never stabilized any wood, what goes on there in that process? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fat pete Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 search the data base there are a bunch of explanations....here is one http://www.iforgeiron.com/forum/f14/wood-prep-handles-chat-mar-21-09-a-10564/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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