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Post by wheelguns on Jul 6, 2020 8:01:31 GMT -5
I have a set of burl maple that looks similiar
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Post by elgriego on Jul 9, 2020 12:22:36 GMT -5
anybody have a great source of ivory and/or royal exhibition grade wood? for the wood, i love all wood so i am not looking for a particular species but i just want something really spectacular. a piece of wood that makes wood lovers seriously consider trading their first born for it. i'm looking for enough to make scales for a caper, skinner, large skinner and grips for a bisley. as for the ivory, well i love how ivory looks on a charcoal blued gun and i have two of them naked at home.
feel free to pm.
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Post by oddshooter on Jul 9, 2020 13:16:08 GMT -5
Back on topic with a slight curve to other woods. I am having a knife made with some exhibition Desert Ironwood and got to thinking that it might make a nice grip if I can find a close match to this: That pics a great way to turn a thread around. The intricacies of nature are always more fascinating to me than the plainness of white. I choose what my eyes like, not to impress someone else's eyes. Trophies and possessions don't impress me. A man's character is what gets my ticker goin. Prescut
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Post by oddshooter on Jul 9, 2020 13:19:18 GMT -5
A discussion of hunting fits. Personal attack does not fit. To articulate one's belief without denigrating a different view shows strength. David Bradshaw Even on this topic, David's wisdom just shines through. Prescut
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Post by pacecars on Jul 9, 2020 15:25:20 GMT -5
Here is how the blank turned out
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Post by oddshooter on Jul 10, 2020 10:08:19 GMT -5
That's a beauty. That wood exudes the intricacies of nature.
That Ironwood is stunning. My personal favorite wood is koa; for the same reasons I enjoy Ironwood. I have a koa guitar from James Goodall of Hawaii where the grain and stripes move when viewed from different angles. I don't recall ever seeing a handle or grip of koa.
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Post by pacecars on Jul 10, 2020 10:18:01 GMT -5
I have seen 1911 grips of Koa but don’t think I have seen a revolver grip
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Post by caryc on Jul 10, 2020 12:09:33 GMT -5
I have seen 1911 grips of Koa but don’t think I have seen a revolver grip Here's a set of Koa grips that I made. Those grips kind of sparkled in the sunlight from the chatoyancy in them.
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Post by oddshooter on Jul 11, 2020 11:07:21 GMT -5
caryc,
Nice word. Chatoyancy. After all the time I've loved KOA, I never knew that term.
"What causes Chatoyancy in wood? Cause. One cause of chatoyance is the tree being under stress as it grows, causing the grain to curl back on itself. This results in an effect that basically looks like waves within the wood. This is an amazing and beautiful 3D look that changes as you look at the wood from different angles." It's also exceptionally difficult to show in a stationary pic that's not moving.
The Hawaiian KOA also contains volcanic ash embedded in the grains. The changing wave effect is amplified with the reflections off the the crystalline ash. Most folks have never seen wood "move" like this.
Those grips are beautiful, nice job. Where was the KOA from and where did you get it?
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Post by caryc on Jul 11, 2020 12:04:31 GMT -5
caryc, Nice word. Chatoyancy. After all the time I've loved KOA, I never knew that term. "What causes Chatoyancy in wood? Cause. One cause of chatoyance is the tree being under stress as it grows, causing the grain to curl back on itself. This results in an effect that basically looks like waves within the wood. This is an amazing and beautiful 3D look that changes as you look at the wood from different angles." It's also exceptionally difficult to show in a stationary pic that's not moving. The Hawaiian KOA also contains volcanic ash embedded in the grains. The changing wave effect is amplified with the reflections off the the crystalline ash. Most folks have never seen wood "move" like this. Those grips are beautiful, nice job. Where was the KOA from and where did you get it? Prescut That Koa was from Hawaii. I had a lot of different suppliers but it's been so long ago that I made grips that I can't remember the supplier. I had a lot of individual suppliers but I also purchased a lot of wood from Ebay. I never bought any wood unless I saw pictures of it first. Yes chatoyancy in wood is beautiful. Some of the wood that I used looked like it was 3D. It looked like you could see a 1/4" into it.
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Post by RDW on Jul 11, 2020 16:36:43 GMT -5
I was at Clarks hardwoods today picking out some Macassar Ebony for Bradshaw and Potatojudge and i noticed they had a hell of a selection of KOA with a lot of grain foldover in it.
They had a sample of it cut into and rounded to show off the grain pattern. It is beautiful. i have never cut it or used it before but that is soon to be remedied because a 300 dollar chunk found its way into my truck, hahaha. I have heard my aunt , who is a Gem Expert use the word (chatoyancy) to grade or rate the catseye effect in certain gems before. Interesting to hear it being used in wood, but very good way to explain how some grain structures will give a deep 3d pattern when polished. Wood that has seen hardtimes or major stress always seems to have the most beautifull patterns in it. I know when things are really dry around her in the gulfcoast area, the jalepenos will set you on fire. As far as Prescut was saying about the volcanic ash being embedded in the wood and giving a sparkling sensation goes. I would definately buy that statement because upon spending a few months in washington state and finding out that when mt St Helens erupted a new green gem was made out of the ash that landed about the state when remelted. they said that alot of it was embedded in the grain of the weyerhauser tree farms stock that grows in those parts of the country, and that for a few years there were a number of sparkly 2 x 4s in the builder squares lumber yard. Hahaha. Very interesting. I Just cut The Ebony and shaped her down with a planer/jointer and wow. Not sure im going to waste my time stabilizing it after hearing the jointer motor bog like i was cutting concrete. Man this stuff is tough. The Koa isnt no punk either.
Cary, i dont know where you are located, but houston Hardwood and Clarks here in houston have got a hell of a selection. Cheers!
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Post by pacecars on Jul 11, 2020 16:57:53 GMT -5
That is funny that I had never heard the word before until Hank was telling me about the knife he made me and he said it had it
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Post by potatojudge on Jul 11, 2020 18:20:29 GMT -5
I was at Clarks hardwoods today picking out some Macassar Ebony for Bradshaw and Potatojudge and i noticed they had a hell of a selection of KOA with a lot of grain foldover in it. They had a sample of it cut into and rounded to show off the grain pattern. It is beautiful. i have never cut it or used it before but that is soon to be remedied because a 300 dollar chunk found its way into my truck, hahaha. I have heard my aunt , who is a Gem Expert use the word (chatoyancy) to grade or rate the catseye effect in certain gems before. Interesting to hear it being used in wood, but very good way to explain how some grain structures will give a deep 3d pattern when polished. Wood that has seen hardtimes or major stress always seems to have the most beautifull patterns in it. I know when things are really dry around her in the gulfcoast area, the jalepenos will set you on fire. As far as Prescut was saying about the volcanic ash being embedded in the wood and giving a sparkling sensation goes. I would definately buy that statement because upon spending a few months in washington state and finding out that when mt St Helens erupted a new green gem was made out of the ash that landed about the state when remelted. they said that alot of it was embedded in the grain of the weyerhauser tree farms stock that grows in those parts of the country, and that for a few years there were a number of sparkly 2 x 4s in the builder squares lumber yard. Hahaha. Very interesting. I Just cut The Ebony and shaped her down with a planer/jointer and wow. Not sure im going to waste my time stabilizing it after hearing the jointer motor bog like i was cutting concrete. Man this stuff is tough. The Koa isnt no punk either. Cary, i dont know where you are located, but houston Hardwood and Clarks here in houston have got a hell of a selection. Cheers! I ordered a pile of ebony today myself. Some solid black, others with some tan streaking. And no, I don't think stabilizing is the way to go with dense, oily hardwoods.
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Post by mike454 on Jul 12, 2020 13:08:23 GMT -5
That is funny that I had never heard the word before until Hank was telling me about the knife he made me and he said it had it Have heard it to describe some repeating Damascus patterns in knives. Seems to be a little luck to get patterns that display that effect.
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Post by bradshaw on Jul 12, 2020 13:42:34 GMT -5
Carved black ebony when I was in art school. To “cut” meaning to chisel tiny bites with sharp blade. A small scale detail process. Here I envisioned ebony a tropical hardwood and Ronnie tells be prospers in some arid, mean landscapes. If understatement is permitted, screwing the Bradshaw Bisley to the Ruger 03 threw my anticipation of banality a fast curve. So I’ll say it again: Brass is ready to make itself to home on a stainless revolver. And if there was any way I could configure a brass grip frame for the 5-1/2” Redhawk, I would. I tried to interest Ruger in casting a Redhawk frame with single action backstrap----to eliminate the double action shoulder and conserve anatomy without going to a Pachmayr grip. Of course the gun would roll more, and slow double action follow-up shots. It would also slow damage to the base of the thumb, an important digit on homo sapiens.
A well configured brass grip frame would retire the homeliness of a Redhawk, while anatomically favoring range time.
For now, my story is about brass, BRASS ON STAINLESS. I aim to see it through. Ronnie can precisely cut scales to his precisely cut grip frames, a huge advantage for those ready to get their hands dirty, yet short on inletting skill. I am confident wood will find its way onto brass that makes stainless jump. The final bit of color creating a grip. David Bradshaw
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