Buckeye Burl

[Suticat]

Does anyone have any experience working with this material?

I have some questions about it. Not looking to make scales but a holder for a kamisori. Something like this but not just a block with a few grooves routed in it.



I want to take a block like these and round off the corners and make a more wave shape concept to it with no corners or sharp edges. I have a rounded wave pattern in my head thats hard to describe.

My question is, does the stain run all the way through once its been stained and stabilized from the supplier so that I when I sand/carve the block it will retain the contrasting colors? Or will I need to restain it once I start removing material?