You have to be very careful on buying stabilized knife scales on Ebay. Most are a home brew stabilization process that will not match the quality of a good commercial stabilization. As Ray stated if the right process was used, you only have to sand to 440 grit and polish on a soft buffing wheel and you will get a high shine polish and the colors will "pop" out .
You would be better off to purchase good burl wood, Ebay does have some good sellers of wood. Just be sure they provide pictures of all 4 sides, then you cut your wood into blocks and ship it to a commercial outfit to stabilize for you. I use River Ridge to do my wood. They have a web site and do quality work.
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Last edited by Bob Hatfield; 10-07-2015 at 01:04 AM.
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