Eucalyptus Wade & Butcher

My work buddy brought me this wood from a tree he had cut down a few years ago in his yard. He though I might be interested in it.... yep. I had an old miss stamped nasty looking W&B just about cleaned up, so I went to band saw and started making saw dust. Finish is CA with brass pins, washers and bearings with a micarta spacer. Shaves well after a quick hone and strop. My buddy flipped when he seen the wood and now wants me to rescale the Wapi I made for him a few months ago.:rofl2:Here's a few pics:

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Here's the missed stamp:
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Those scales look awesome...The wood really pops with the grain being the star. Great work. When you get tired of it , let me know..:D

Who would have thought eucalyptus could look that good? Not I. Nice work bud.

Love it !!!

Hey Bjorn, any Aussie will tell you, gum trees are beautiful :D

Boy Dennis, I really REALLY like that....I guess I'd have to wait in line to get it though....

The wood is smiply stunning.

I can't believe how much contrast there is in such a small piece. You forget sometimes that the scales are small compared to a tree lol ... so you dont usually see so much diverse changes in the wood scales. The colors and knotts and grain of the wood just look amazing....

great work !

Dennis. that is an absolute beauty!:bow

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Originally Posted by onimaru55

Love it !!!

Hey Bjorn, any Aussie will tell you, gum trees are beautiful :D

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We've got a ton of them here in California. Love the smell, hate the mess. Wouldn't trade them for the world, but had no idea they were that lovely on the inside.

I can see why he flipped :tu

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Originally Posted by onimaru55

Love it !!!

Hey Bjorn, any Aussie will tell you, gum trees are beautiful :D

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Damn right they do mate, I've got a pile of red gum off cuts waiting to be turned into scales :rock:

here are some that need to be finished. They all came fgrom the same block of eucalyptus burl

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/09...h_DSC00104.jpg

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Those are nice scales Lancer :tu

Thats one beautiful result .I love the grain & colour of the scales.Paul

You have some SERIOUS skills. OUTSTANDING! I think I see an EVIL FACE in one of those scales:hmmm: Was that tree located on a ancient burial ground:eek:

EVERY RAZOR you post is awesome:tu

great woodgrain patterns....

very nice work... really looks good.

I knew a woodcarver in brazil that would make huge architectural carvings and decorative stuff for the richest families and his main wood of choice was eucalyptus... very nice stuff.

thats soem nice wood and nice work
i have some curly redgum that i guess i ll haveot see how it works