Glowing steel on an anvil is knife porn at its finest.
Can't wait to see this one finished.
We can easily fix that. I'm thinking curly Maple.That could be done but the F-S fighting knife would be a pretty difficult build, it's a double edge dagger and the handle looks like it was turned on a lathe which I don't have.
Somehow I knew we could count on you.We can easily fix that. I'm thinking curly Maple.
Lignum Vitae is the hardest wood known,they actually used it on ships for propeller bearings. There are hydro electric dams that still have LV bearings from many years ago. It's very hard to get anymore because of over harvesting. There are tons of alternatives I could come up with.Here's another one Phillip did a while back with a Lignum Vitae handle. Lignum Vitae is a really dense and tough wood and can probably hold up to some substantial stress but as you can see it starts getting pretty narrow near the butt end of the handle.
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Lignum Vitae is the hardest wood know,they actually used it on ships for propeller bearings. There are hydro electric dams that still have LV bearings from many years ago. It's very hard to get anymore because of over harvesting. There are tons of alternatives I could come up with.
Real Lignum Vitae is going to cost you quite a bit for the scales or handle. Argentina Lignum Vitae like Tim has will much less expensive. I also have some Macassar Ebony and Marble wood beautiful and very hard.I didn't know it until today but now I NEED a knife with a Lignum Vitae handle.
I see a collaboration in your future.Marble wood? You have my attention.
You're just jealous.Scott's very hard wood...woohoo!
You're just jealous.
I have quite a bit of black wood, cocobolo and South American Lignum Vitae along with other woods when I was making hand planes. I have tons of that tiger stripe maple, I got it from a soft Red Maple many years ago, I had the whole tree sawed into 3" thick planks and it's been air dried for over 20 years now. Quite a bit of it is spalted and some of it has some worm holes in it it's gorgeous stuff, but needs stabilizing to be any good for knife handles, other wise it's just too soft.
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