I need to find some pink handle material for a St Judes knife I donated to last years Turkey Hunt Drawing offered up by Don Batten. Miss Mills Langehans is the winner. I already made a knife for the event but until a few weeks ago, I hadn't realised she was only 11 years old. This needs to be a little girl's knife...tippit
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I think I have a couple of small pieces of pink ivory at the house. They may not be big enough, though.
How soon do you need them? I don't have anything on hand right now, but I can keep my eyes open for something special. Be glad to help if I can.
Also, what is the minimum size you would need?
It is a caper style with a small handle. AOL 7 inches. So a piece 3 1/2 X 1 1 1/4 inches will work. Just thought I'd check and see if anyone had something pink laying around...tippit
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I had an awesome piece of bright purple dyed/stabilized curly maple that I used a couple months back. I wish I'd known then that there would be a better use for it. I'll keep my eyes open in case you don't find what you're looking for.
pink G10 would probably be nice.lots of places to get them
Gil,
I thought about that but it just seems too plain.
well a nice rose wood would like good
I dug through my wood pile again and still couldn't find anything, but I thought of another option. I know you can get water based stains in various shades of pink. I've seen guys use them on bow limb veneers before. All you would need would be a light colored wood like curly maple, maple burl, birch burl, etc to put it on. I've also seen some pink dyed buckeye burl before that looked pretty good; bright pink with the natural dark gray/black streaks and eyes that buckeye usually has. Just a thought.
Jeff,
I have some scrap dogwood. It has a pink cast to it with dark streaks. Might work especially with a stain. Just a thought.
Andrew
Jeff, I did a Christmas knife for a customer for his wife from Pink Ivory.
Really dense and hard and shapes well.
Not hard to find.
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I never thought about staining wood like I do with brown leather dye on curly maple. Now a hunt for pink leather leather dye :)
Jeff, I have some red leather dye, it might do the trick depending on the color of the wood. this is where I was experimenting.
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I'll have to try it. If it will stain a piece of that curly maple, that would be perfect.
I think I have seen some pink camel bone. I will look for where I saw it.
Chris
Try tulip wood, it is pink and cream streaks........hard and even smells nice when you work it. I have a chunk I'll send you if you're not in too much of a rush.
I'll take a pic today and post it this evening.
Darcy :)
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Here's a pic of the block I'll send you if you are interested. Just PM me with your address.
Darcy
Darcy,
Thanks for the offer...but I wanted something Really Pink. The Rit fushia stain seems to be the ticket.
Thanks for everyone's help in my quest...Jeff