Understanding Wood. A knife makers guide.

[Jrmysell]

Hey Guys, what do you want to see next? I have started writing out

Let me know which of these interests you.

Spalting, What is it, how to explain it

Exotics, what makes them different?

Finishing, how to maximize woods beauty

Marketing wood, How to explain woods beauty and benefits to customers

All of them?

 

[AlaskanHunter]

I'd love to hear about spalting!

 

[Hengelo_77]

yeah all of them and everything else you can think of and have time for
I enjoy your writings on wood

 

[Durban Devil]

All of them. And thanks for the info thus far

 

[Fortress Mark]

Finishing. I'd love to hear your thought on finishing these beautiful woods.

 

[Alex Topfer]

Could you do something on how to tell if an arbitrary type of wood will be useful for handles, and if it will benefit from stabilising?
It's a bit hard to get ones like ironwood, rosewood, ect here in Australia, so i've mostly been using local woods (tallowwood, jarrah, ironbark). There doesn't seem to be as much info available about the local woods.