I've got a bit in the garden that's been there for donkey's years. I've seen how nice the grain is and am wondering how easy it would be to make a knife handle out of (considering that it's my first) - my other options are oak and two strange reddish and very hard-woods.
Cherry suitable for first knife handle?
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ask on here,
http://www.britishblades.com/home/
might find alot more people who have used that wood before.
http://www.britishblades.com/home/
might find alot more people who have used that wood before.
Just use your cheery. If you like it, use it. You don't need to ask others if it suitable, who is to say what is right or wrong.
But, after saying that cheery is a beautiful wood that has a lovely colour and grain and is used in cabinet making and flooring so i think cheery would make a stunning handle.
But, after saying that cheery is a beautiful wood that has a lovely colour and grain and is used in cabinet making and flooring so i think cheery would make a stunning handle.
Just a thought.
I was once told Oak is quite corrosive to steel. something to do with the tannin content I think.
I was once told Oak is quite corrosive to steel. something to do with the tannin content I think.
That's true, if you look at a lot of oak furniture you'll notice that it is assembled with brass screws, I don't think it is so corrosive as to weaken steel much, but it causes the wood to disscolour around the nail/screw, so it looks unsightly.Wayland said:
if you are referring to wild cherry it is a geat wood very dense. however you have to let it dry out a bit because of it high water content. After de-barking and drying cut or carve your template, sand finish...great look and job!
Although I have never tried to make a knife handle out of cherry I have used it in joinery, I find it to be a hard dense wood that has a tendancy to split a bit.
Nice looking though.
And in carpentry and joinery it's reccommended that oak is fixed with either stainless or copper nails as it's quite acidic and will cause corrosion and then the oak will stain.
Not sure how much use that information is to anyone fixing handles onto a blade though and if you were to use spacers between the oak and the blade I assume it would negate it anyway.
Nice looking though.
And in carpentry and joinery it's reccommended that oak is fixed with either stainless or copper nails as it's quite acidic and will cause corrosion and then the oak will stain.
Not sure how much use that information is to anyone fixing handles onto a blade though and if you were to use spacers between the oak and the blade I assume it would negate it anyway.
Forget about the oak and use the cherry. It makes for a beautiful handle, espcially if you have a piece with niece red heartwood.
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