Another new model #132

[Bjankowski]

This is #2 of three; the pictures do not reflect the beauty of the Ceylon Satin Wood it has gold highlights and extremely rare and hard to find. 1075 High Carbon satin finish the OAL is 8 1/2 cutting edge is 3 1/2. On this one I used copper bolsters with copper pins and one 5/16th mosaic pin.

[EastTXAg97]

I like it!

[muzzlebrake]

Tell us more about the wood please. I know it's a heavy dense tight grained wood but does it require stabilizing? How bad is the dust if'n it gets up your nose? What do you finish it with?
Good looking piece of work BTW

[Bjankowski]

[QUOTE=muzzlebrake;14034391]Tell us more about the wood please. I know it's a heavy dense tight grained wood but does it require stabilizing? How bad is the dust if'n it gets up your nose? What do you finish it with?
Good looking piece of work BTW[/QUOTE

It's also considered a rosewood so it doesn't require stabilizing. I've tried before, but when stabilizing rosewood you won't see many bubbles coming up so I don't fool with it. Again; it's a rosewood and smells wonderful, but will get to you of course that depends on the individual, some react to if differently than others. I do wear a respirator when I machine it and some a dust collector. Yesterday I didn't when I was hand sanding and it got to me last night, but I used a Nettie Pot to clean out my nasal passages and it was fine. I buffed it and it buffed out really nice, but I still like to put tur oil on everything. Tru Oil has convinced it it's great stuff.. about five or six years ago, it was too cold outside to be in the shop and I brought a knife inside and used the Tru Oil and put on several coats. I spilled a tiny spot on my counter top. I didn't notice it for maybe a year. I tired to remove it, and couldn't. I even tried to take it off with a razor blade, it's still there. That sold me, that if you let it cure good, it will last...
I bought it from an old wood worker that has had it over 12 years, along with various other rosewoods. I stained a little piece and WOW, takes a stain like curly or striped maple.
Sorry for the long response, but I hope it helped bro.
Ebay has some pretty good prices on it, not bad at all.

[muzzlebrake]

Looks like a perfect wood to do color contrast spacers and such to add some pop.
Great that it doesn't require PITA stabilizing.
I use Teak Oil on a lot of wood. I like it because it penetrates so deep and cures a lot like Tru Oil. On stabilized wood I sometimes use Howard's butcher block wax
as well as Tru Oil. All depends on the wood and what it likes.
Thanks Bro

[Bjankowski]

Looks like a perfect wood to do color contrast spacers and such to add some pop.
Great that it doesn't require PITA stabilizing.
I use Teak Oil on a lot of wood. I like it because it penetrates so deep and cures a lot like Tru Oil. On stabilized wood I sometimes use Howard's butcher block wax
as well as Tru Oil. All depends on the wood and what it likes.
Thanks Bro

I'm going to experiment today by stabilizing with dye in it.. that light grains ought to pop! I'm made over 3000 knives and so far this is one of my favorites, I love the simplicity of it and the balance and of course that handle is just gorgeous.