Damascus and Maple Burl

[skullworks]

I think this is maple burl on this pre-made damscus blade with mosaic pins.

[OconeeDan]

All of your knives are very nice, especially the wood.
What is that background?
Dan

[Leftieshot]

looks like a saw mill blade.  Very nice knives there Skull!

[skullworks]

Yep... saw blade waiting to be cut up. LOL! I just need more time!

[Ray Hammond]

Nice!

Skullie, have you ever tried staining those woods dark...to see how the chatoyance shows through it?

I have a piece of curly with some real neat waves of bright running through it..think I'm gonna sacrifice it to experiment ...I tend to like the darker woods for handles so if that works, I think I can get the nice figuring of some of the lighter woods to work with my tastes and have another source of wood to draw on!

[Lin Rhea]

Ray,
   Try Majestic Maple Stain. It's bottled by
R W Wilson of West Virginia. The same stain will get it light to dark with a little heat from a  hair dryer. With heat, it reacts to the sugar in Maple wood. It only works on Maple. The address is on my bottle. I hope it's still available. It's good stuff and not at all expensive. Lin

R W Wilson
PO box 2012
Weirton, WV 26062

Phone: 304-723-2771

[Caveman IL]

Prattville, Alabama & Prattsville, Ark?? two very talented and prolific knifemakers.  If it was Springfield, it wouldn't be as much of a coincidence-- great knives, skullworks--and as Dan said, very neat wood. Larry

[skullworks]

Originally posted by Caveman IL:
Prattville, Alabama & Prattsville, Ark?? two very talented and prolific knifemakers.  If it was Springfield, it wouldn't be as much of a coincidence-- great knives, skullworks--and as Dan said, very neat wood. Larry

Thanks for the compliment but I can't hold a finger to Lin! Maybe one day! Maybe! LOL!

[Ray Hammond]

Thanks, Lin! You DA MAN!!!!!