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I could not believe my eyes today when I stopped at my local Wal-Mart store. It's been about 2 years since I have been able to purchase any .22 long rifle ammo there but today they had some in stock! I walked out of the store with 600 rounds of Winchester 40 grain round nose. It cost me $56.00...

It sure is good that more damage wasn't done. Heal well with another bit of experience learned.

The leather over the kydex makes the whole thing look real good. Nice work!

(I am having a bit of trouble with the quote feature on the forum. I haven't figured out what is up with it yet.) Sorry for the mistakes.

I just checked you're website, very nice work! Thanks for the good conversation today, I enjoyed it very much. I'm real happy to have that stack of wood and I'm sure it will all be put to good use over the next couple of years. .....That is an exceptionally nice piece of work there IMHO. The...

I am happy to have this wood it will make good handle material for knives for family and friends.

That is pretty wood Lawrence. I also Googled your website. man, you sure make nice stuff!

I have pictures of what I have now, it is not burl wood, it is just ironwood. I took these photos on my workbench with my wife's camera, it is a ten year old digital. (Thanks, now I have to get her a new one!) This is the piece chosen randomly that I split on the bandsaw. Wet piece (out of the...

I bookmarked that website that you posted and I thank you for it. I am looking forward to getting some better quality pictures posted of the grain. It's very tight and very dark brown.

I didn't think that Lawrence. I was just being a smart alec. Sorry if I was rude, I sincerely apologize. I always enjoy you're posts and I respect your knowledge and experience.

I split a piece with the bandsaw and then cut it off at 5 5/8". I dropped it into a 5 gal bucket with about 4" of water in it and it went straight to the bottom and stayed there. The saw dust tastes like crap. I am one of those dinosaurs who still uses a flip phone which my wife takes pictures...

I had a genuine feather pillow when I got married and my wife confiscated it. I had to purchase another feather pillow at Wal-Mart. Now I find plenty of feathers in my bed in the mornings. This one I found on the back of my wife's nightshirt this morning. I know that the photo is blurry, but can...

I will cheerfully let you know in a bit One. I am still finishing up my coffee and haven't headed out to the shop yet. I'm sure my dogs would like me to get out there early this morning so they can lay around near the heater.

I can do that today DeMo. I had no idea that the ironwood you guys like to use is so rare. I will be happy to look into this stuff a bit further and post a bit more information on it. After all learning and sharing is why most of use come here. I myself spend time on this forum reading almost...

I am happy with it and I look forward to finding the time to get into working with it. I'm a hobby guy so I appreciate finding stuff like this and I am always on the look out for scraps and pieces of materials that I can put to use for something, it's part of the fun of what I like to do. I will...

It looks like the stuff out of Arizona and Mexico. It is hard as a rock! I will have to cut it and sand it before I can see exactly what it is going to look like. You are correct Frank ironwood doesn't take to stabilizing real well but any resin it will soak up is helpful with the cracking...

I went to pick up this jig for $15.00 from a fellow on Craig's List today and he happened to be a woodworker who also sold me a stack of scrap ironwood for $10.00. The jig is a left over piece from a Delta blade sharpener that he didn't need. It will provide me with a model for a sharpening...

Good one Ken!

Juniper doesn't rate real high on the hardness scale (about the same as walnut) but it still is a hardwood. As others have said there are a bunch of harder woods available. Juniper 1160 Walnut 1010 Brazilian Walnut 3680 Bubinga 2628 Ironwood 2299 Rosewood 1780 Hickory 1820 To name just...

I have not used juniper as handle material (yet) but I have cut quite a bit of it. It is a pretty hard wood and is often tough to just cut. I think it would work pretty good and it sure is pretty.