Bookmarked. I've got some beautiful Bocote and blackwood drying.
Be careful with Bocote - I've had severe irritation reactions sanding Bocote. I have a hundred board feet of this stuff pushed aside in one of my lumber racks.
I've been meaning to remove the (epoxied) handle from one of my Japanese knives and have a custom replacement made. The problem though is that the handle is a nice piece of ebony and the ferrule is a very nice piece of horn which I don't want to destroy. The handle is great, it's just not fitted as well as I would like...
How much material is there usually around the tang?
If I removed it cleanly with a pull saw, would the pieces likely be large enough to make chopsticks? Is there anything I could use the horn for?
When I've removed some epoxied handles they 99% of the time would be irreparably damaged. I think all have had epoxy along the entire length of the tang (not just a drop at the ferrule). Some of them (I recall a rosewood on a Takeda) sort of had a dowel of a softer wood which would likely respond better to the burn-in but would limit the amount of salvageable wood.
Yeah it's a bad one. And open grained to boot. I've also got a bunch of nice English Walnut from Chico area of CA, cut-offs from my days as a gunstock maker. It would make some beautiful Wa handles.
It's not easy and takes more time for sure, but many people in Japan still burn in ebony
I've been meaning to remove the (epoxied) handle from one of my Japanese knives and have a custom replacement made. The problem though is that the handle is a nice piece of ebony and the ferrule is a very nice piece of horn which I don't want to destroy. The handle is great, it's just not fitted as well as I would like...
yeah I've have similar experiences with heat and epoxy. The trick with this one I imagine is getting heat where it needs to be. I'm less interested in saving the handle as I'm unimpressed with it's quality. The blade I like very much. I will take it's measurements for the records, give it a whack and if it doesn't pop off I'll just cut it on the band saw. I'll start a separate thread when I get around to making the new wa handle. I'll be borrowing some fine ideas off this lovely forum, which credit of course. :thumbsup:
I've got some blackwood drying for over 8 years. I'll get my rosewood from A&M woods in Cambridge Ontario. I put this di
ddy together many years ago and now I'm restless for new projects. http://www.airgunrendezvous.com/rendezvous/read.php?9,16788
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