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Carey Mitchell
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Desert ironwood
I'm making a set of kitchen knives for our retirement community arts and crafts fair; a chef's knife, a santoku and a paring knife. I bought some desert ironwood scales. I understand that this is commonly used for knifemaking. This stuff is HARD!
My question is moisture content. My capacitance meter says 18%, no correction factor in th ebook. I heated a couple of scales to 140F for about 3 hours with a heat lamp and they lost only 1.8% by weight.
Given the incredible hardness and density, I am thinking there should be essentially no movement if I go as-is. The inner faces will be coated with epoxy; the exterior finish will be CA.
Any opinions?
My question is moisture content. My capacitance meter says 18%, no correction factor in th ebook. I heated a couple of scales to 140F for about 3 hours with a heat lamp and they lost only 1.8% by weight.
Given the incredible hardness and density, I am thinking there should be essentially no movement if I go as-is. The inner faces will be coated with epoxy; the exterior finish will be CA.
Any opinions?
Carey Mitchell
2 Comments
i think you should be good. ive never used it for knives but ive made some pens with it. a beautiful wood that just glows when polished. cant wait to see what you do.
working with my hands is a joy,it gives me a sense of fulfillment,somthing so many seek and so few find.-SAM MALOOF.
Carey,
I think you will be good.
Just to be safe, cut to dimension and leave sit a day or two. If no movement ur ready to go
I think you will be good.
Just to be safe, cut to dimension and leave sit a day or two. If no movement ur ready to go
Petey
