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stablized Osage Orange?
Is there anyone out there with stablized Osage orange?
Mark |
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Maybe I just answered my own question. I saw that desert ironwood is to dense to stablize perhaps Osage Orange is the same way and it isn't done.
MW |
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MW - I think that you will find that Osage is one of those woods that doesn't normally need to be stabilized - finish it well with tung oil or Watco Danish and a coat or two of wax and it is good to go.
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...but I do have some. It is not quite as lively as the unstabilized version in terms of the depth of its figure, but still very nice.
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osage orange
I have some osage orange that has been kiln dried and is four years old.....I would be glad to send you one to try.....it is 3/8 in. th..........x........1 1/2 in. ........x.......12 in. long..........whenever one of my kids order a knife thats the handle they want......carl combs...............
__________________ carl |
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I have some Birchwood/Casey wood sealer/filler will this do a good job?
MW |
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Chuck Bybee at alphaknifesupply.com has some.
__________________ plain ol Bill |
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I aquired a great bit of osage a few months ago.
__________________ Erwin Roach e3customknives.vze.com |
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I think I have one piece of stablized osage orange left. I have a log in my garage that I need to cut up and have stablized. Weather you have to stablize it or not, I don't know. I just prefer to.
www.grahamknives.com |
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I have used it both ways and not found a great difference. If anything, I thought that the stabilized Osage was more prone to scorching as I ground it. Stabilizing does have a small amount of UV blocking however, which will help keep it yellow longer but eventually all of it will darken.
Gary |
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