Thread: First time using wood, different finishes and liners

Originally Posted by ob1page

I agree, very cool. I'm very new to straights but I have a thing for wood. I'm going to have to get some wood scales on my next razor.

Thanks! I've been making scales for some times and for whatever reason I never used wood up until the last week. I ended up buying about $300 worth of different woods and now I'm playing with it. I cannot believe I did without for so long, now I can hardly get out of the shop... Here a pic of some of the wood

Originally Posted by Dafonz6987

Thanks! I've been making scales for some times and for whatever reason I never used wood up until the last week. I ended up buying about $300 worth of different woods and now I'm playing with it. I cannot believe I did without for so long, now I can hardly get out of the shop... Here a pic of some of the wood

Are you doing the stabilization, or did you buy it that way?

Originally Posted by outback

Are you doing the stabilization, or did you buy it that way?

So the bandsaw I had wasn't good a re-sawing so I figured I had to buy an expensive bandsaw before I got good cuts. So stabilizing was out of the question since I couldn't cut the pieces in 1/8. Buuuut I recently bought a Milwaukee portable deep cut bandsaw to cut my razor blanks out with. I tried to re-saws some buffalo horn and for the first time I was able to get a straight cut!

I bought the 2 stage 5 CFM vacuum pump and cactus juice. Next I need to build the vacuum chamber and buy a planer. So I got some work to do but I think in the end I'll be saving a ton of money by buying blocks of the wood vs pieces.... I have ways to go but it's in motion

Wow, that is some truly amazing wood. I have some stabilized burl blanks, mostly for my son's knife-making. I got 'em as cut-offs from a friend who does beautiful custom art-type furniture, and shared some with a knife-making friend who has the "Cactus-Juice" vacum setup in exchange for keeping me supplied. but I've tried a couple on razors, and love the way it finishes up. It really behaves almost like an acrylic, I guess because it mostly is after curing.

I've got to get some of the dyed stuff for razors now! Aaron

Just a quick note, since you've not worked with wood in the past you want to make sure you've got at least a mask on when you're making all that saw dust. Inhaling the dust can be an irritant at best, and toxic at worst!

Originally Posted by ScoutHikerDad

Wow, that is some truly amazing wood. I have some stabilized burl blanks, mostly for my son's knife-making. I got 'em as cut-offs from a friend who does beautiful custom art-type furniture, and shared some with a knife-making friend who has the "Cactus-Juice" vacum setup in exchange for keeping me supplied. but I've tried a couple on razors, and love the way it finishes up. It really behaves almost like an acrylic, I guess because it mostly is after curing.

I've got to get some of the dyed stuff for razors now! Aaron

yeah I actually got the best results from the buffer and I buffed it like a acrylic and boy it shined up! I want to dye and stabalize my own woods hoping in the next 3 months I'll be all set up!

Originally Posted by TwistedOak

Just a quick note, since you've not worked with wood in the past you want to make sure you've got at least a mask on when you're making all that saw dust. Inhaling the dust can be an irritant at best, and toxic at worst!

Yes sir! I sit with a full respirator on and with everything I'm grinding including steel, g10, carbon fiber, horn, ect I make sure to make the most precaution and even have an industrial shop air purifier that has