Anyone have a line on some good stabilized dyed burl? I went to Exotic Woods in Burlington yesterday. Spent too much money on wood. But I got two stabilized maple burl chunks and the two of them were close to $100. I intend to use one for something special in the future but the bigger dyed burl I will try to use for accent touches to get as many handles out of it as I can. But I also got smaller unstabilized chunks of other species for just a couple dollars. Is there an affordable stabilized burl source you prefer? Does it have to be stabilized? Also got some African Blackwood, black and white ebony, zircote, wenge, redwood burl (unstabilized), black palm and pau fero. Knife making is cheap. Putting handles on them sure isn't.
Beware os WSSI. I got burnt bad by these guys. Sent 49 blocks to be stabilized and only got 16 back. Tried to deal with this for about 3 years now. I'm not the only one to have the same thing happen to. Don Stevenson stabilizes wood as well. He is from B.C. Jim
I've ordered stuff from Don Stevenson before. His website is woodstabilizer.com. No frame of reference as to pricing but he has a good selection and the delivery was super fast.
I looked at his stuff. I think he would have been cheaper than the stuff I bought. Will depend on how many scales I can get out of what I bought.
People use food savers and brake vacuum pumps plus a few other things but you have to consider the pump or vacuum has to be maintained up to 8-12 hours sometimes so a 100% duty cycle is needed. https://www.compositescanada.com/product-catalog/manufacturer/45-robinair
I do all of my own stabilizing, custom stabilizing and I sell blocks and scales. Feel free to message me if you're looking for something.
