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Title: handle material
Post by: charlie phillips on April 11, 2011, 07:59:00 AM

Were do yall get handle material from?


      TXCP.

Title: Re: handle material
Post by: kbaknife on April 11, 2011, 08:09:00 AM

I got this one out of a pile of fire wood:
Then dried it and sent it off to get stabilized.

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Title: Re: handle material
Post by: Lamey on April 11, 2011, 08:14:00 AM

Karl, thats some nice firewood....  and a keen eye to spot it before being burned!

Charlie,  ive gathered mine from the various importers over 15 years.   Cook Woods is a decent place to start,  they arent the cheapest but generally have a good supply.

Title: Re: handle material
Post by: SveinD on April 11, 2011, 12:17:00 PM

I get mine from trading with friends, and on that big auction site which name cannot be spoken^^
I also harvest some myself, birch-burls and maple that is.. Not to much Zebrano or Ebony here up North!

Title: Re: handle material
Post by: charlie phillips on April 11, 2011, 06:50:00 PM

THANKS. I have a question about stabized wood i've used minwax wood hardner in a jar in hot water with handles soaking in the hardner. I don't know if this works.but does the climate have anything to do with handles shrinking. I live on the gulf coast, plenty of moisture.


    TXCP

Title: Re: handle material
Post by: Track on April 12, 2011, 10:24:00 AM

Alpha Knife Supply has some nice stabilized wood blocks. They show you a picture of the actual piece so you know what you're getting. Great people too.

Title: Re: handle material
Post by: OconeeDan on April 13, 2011, 07:43:00 AM

I too have found nice wood in unlikely places...from a pallet, and from a concrete float at the store.
The Blade Show is a good place to put your hands on wood before buying.
Dan

Title: Re: handle material
Post by: TheBigRedArcher on April 13, 2011, 12:02:00 PM

A short walk in the woods back home in California. Found some nice handle material there. But like many here have said before me, you can find great handle material in very unlikely places. If there is a bow maker in your area, hit him up for some fall offs from the bows too.

TBRA

Title: Re: handle material
Post by: bigbadjon on April 13, 2011, 03:40:00 PM

Sheefield Knife Supply in Orange City, Fl deals only in top quality. If you need micarta their colors match the Westinghouse product so there are no doubts.