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Case mini trapper in ironwood
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 1:38 am
by muskrat man
I just finished this up for one of my dad's friends. Hopefully he'll like it. there are a couple carbon spots on it that I need to clean off, but other than that, she is finished.
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 1:41 am
by jonet143
mm, i love that ironwood. great job.
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 1:50 am
by Hukk
Great looking knife there M-M. What do you use to finish the ironwood? I've used a couple finishes, tung and danish oils, carnuba wax and I'm just not quite satisfied with the finished product so far.
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 2:08 am
by muskrat man
Thanks for the comments fellas. I usually do a couple coats of hand rubbed boiled linseed oil followed by a few minutes of buffing with white compound. This one I just buffed, no oil.
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 3:09 am
by Hukk
muskrat man wrote:Thanks for the comments fellas. I usually do a couple coats of hand rubbed boiled linseed oil followed by a few minutes of buffing with white compound. This one I just buffed, no oil.
Thanks M-M. I've done the same thing on snakewood, hard to find quality stuff on that one though. Impossible to stabilize and some pieces have lots fine fractures in them. Oh-well, it was free.
Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 6:54 pm
by El Lobo
For treating woods, I've found a product I really like. It's called "HOWARD Feed-N-Wax." Here is the website, if you're interested...
http://www.howardproducts.com
It seems especially good when battling wet..dry..wet..dry.....like the kitchen or wet conditions.
Home Depot, for one, carries it.
Heck, I even use it on my walking stick, so it looks cool...
...even if I don't.
Bill