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Title: Firewood Walnut Hunter
Post by: kbaknife on March 19, 2009, 10:01:00 AM
In light of the recent thread on where to find handle material, I would like to post this one!
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!
  (http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c247/kbaknife/jd7-1.jpg)
Title: Re: Firewood Walnut Hunter
Post by: Tim Fishell on March 19, 2009, 10:47:00 AM
Man that is another beauty Karl!!  Some day I will hopefully get one of your knives!!   :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Firewood Walnut Hunter
Post by: Over&Under on March 19, 2009, 11:54:00 AM
That has got to be one of my favorites so far from your shop!!!  Beautifull!!!!!
Title: Re: Firewood Walnut Hunter
Post by: skullworks on March 19, 2009, 11:58:00 AM
Beautiful as always Karl!
Title: Re: Firewood Walnut Hunter
Post by: kbaknife on March 19, 2009, 01:55:00 PM
I got asked for an upper and lower view of this knife:

 (http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c247/kbaknife/jd7g-1.jpg)
Title: Re: Firewood Walnut Hunter
Post by: Brad Singley on March 19, 2009, 02:04:00 PM
Karl,  That is beautiful,  look forward to meeting you at the Blade Show.  Brad
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Post by: OconeeDan on March 19, 2009, 03:25:00 PM
Fine job, Karl.  Your photography is to be commended too.  Dan
Title: Re: Firewood Walnut Hunter
Post by: mwmwmb on March 19, 2009, 04:25:00 PM
Wow You Burn walnut  :eek:  

Do you stabilize all wood?
Title: Re: Firewood Walnut Hunter
Post by: prarieboy on March 19, 2009, 04:26:00 PM
As always The Karl He dunn good ! Thanks for sharin!
Title: Re: Firewood Walnut Hunter
Post by: kbaknife on March 19, 2009, 05:12:00 PM
Quote
Originally posted by mwmwmb:
Wow You Burn walnut   :eek:  

Do you stabilize all wood?
No - just those that require/benefit from it.
If I have wood that will benefit from the stabilizing process - it gets it.
I don't stabilize Desert Ironwood, African Blackwood or Ebony.
There are others that do not benefit from it, but I probably don't use them.
I don't stabilize curly maple if it's going to receive wire inlay, but then it gets a deep soaking gun-stock finish after being stained.
Stabilized wood does not receive stain well.
I do have some stabilized curly maple that I will be using soon!
Title: Re: Firewood Walnut Hunter
Post by: beaver#1 on March 19, 2009, 05:22:00 PM
i like that handle profile.  knowing that you do it all by hand sure shows some skill
Title: Re: Firewood Walnut Hunter
Post by: Bodork on March 19, 2009, 11:25:00 PM
I don't understand it, Karl. ALL of your knives are my favorite one!