Thread: Hope I don't screw this up...

Same here. I have had this about a week now just looking at it and figuring out how to proceed.

Regardless of the outcome, I'll learn something and that is what I really seek. It is all about the journey.

I know leevalley has some of these blanks. But they're just not quite big enough for scales. To bad or id have a bunch. Ill put the link up for anyone who has other projects they might want them for.

Stabilized Maple Burl Blanks — Natural & Dyed - Lee Valley Tools

That's a good looking piece of wood!

I don't have much experience with wood scales so I'll just stay tuned for the result annd wish you good luck

you find alot of these on ebay and they aint that expensive, and they sell some at pen shops and woodcraft.com if you cant find the sellers on ebay just mail me and ill find the names/links for you, dont remember if alphaknifesupply.com and masecraftsupply.com have stuff like it, but have a look. one guy on ebay i see that have alot of diff things in wood: http://stores.ebay.com/Logs-to-Lumber-Exotics

Stabilized Burl woods, notoriously difficult to make razor scales out of, much simpler If you want to make knife scales, If I'm not wrong TI razors had a fair amount of broken rejects during production when working these stabilized burls, If I'm not mistaken I think they stop using some of them. PS still a beautiful piece of wood you have there. If you are interested in stabilized woods I have a link to a seller who I occasionally purchase some items from in the UK.
http://woodandknifesupply.com/index....x&cPath=1_2_21

Jamie

A truly beautiful piece of wood. It reminds me of some of the multicolored acrylic that Mycarver makes. Good luck. Maybe titanium liners?

Thae hard part about getting knife and pen blanks, is that they are typically five inches.... Yould need six inches for scales

Had to look that one up, still don't know what it means.

But,,, if the doctor say I need to see one, then I'll give you a call.

Quantitative Hydrogeologists have embarked on a scientific inquiry to determine how much water can be squeezed out of a rock. They are not allowed to soak the rocks in water first because that would falsify the results of the study.

Originally Posted by ace

Quantitative Hydrogeologists have embarked on a scientific inquiry to determine how much water can be squeezed out of a rock. They are not allowed to soak the rocks in water first because that would falsify the results of the study.

Actually regular hydro geologists soak rocks and determine how much they can squeeze out (by construction imbibition curves).

Quantitative hydro geologists use numerical computer modeling and inverse solutions to predict the flow of groundwater and possibly the transport of components dissolved in it. I also studied chemistry and geochemistry and did a thesis on the chemical interaction between the aquifer and the molecules flowing through it.

If that impresses you...just wait til I post up photos of (previously) expensive burl shards