Do you use a belt grinder or.... for the stock removal? Been wanting to give it a try.You know this wood is not very popular here(do not know why) so when I saw small burl for sale about a year ago I took it, stabilized it and cast it. Made 3 pair of scales... and I could never make a blade which would make it as a nice knife... Finally I decided to make 2 similar blades without removing carbonized surface. I just added more irregularities to that surface and went for hollow grind. To me hollow grind always pop up and catch the eye.
Not much of a story... Now I'm looking for burl like that and cannot find it...
And no, I do not forge... Stock removal.
Hop hornbeam burl?You know this wood is not very popular here(do not know why) so when I saw small burl for sale about a year ago I took it, stabilized it and cast it. Made 3 pair of scales... and I could never make a blade which would make it as a nice knife... Finally I decided to make 2 similar blades without removing carbonized surface. I just added more irregularities to that surface and went for hollow grind. To me hollow grind always pop up and catch the eye.
Not much of a story... Now I'm looking for burl like that and cannot find it...
And no, I do not forge... Stock removal.