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In my experience with maple burl I would suggest that you have it stabilized. I find that maple likes to change with the weather more so then other hard woods. Not that's its not going to work for a knife handle the way it is, you'll just have less trouble in the long run.
If you don't want to stabilize it make sure you treat it with a really good oil finish like tung oil or tru-oil (sorry if I spelled that wrong)
Now let me be honest here, I have yet to use maple on a knife but I have made a lot of stuff with maple and maple burl in the past.
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J, Saccucci Knives, JSK
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