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Ahhh, Bakelite!! Didn't even cross my mind. So Bakelite for the two rectangular pieces that are the same size. And maybe linen phenolic for the two black pieces? I was kind of wondering about that. It does look like there are some layers to it. Definitely beats the GPO-3 he brought over...

An electrician buddy of mine knows that I (try to) make knives and gave me some old electrical panel material. I don't expect anyone to necessarily be able to identify it (unless one of you is an electrician, lol), but if I could rule out what it's not, that would be helpful. First the good...

Looks legit to me. Look at the piece on the far right. I don’t know about you, but other than bird bones, I haven’t seen bone without a marrow channel.

The redwood was a bust (expected), but with what I paid that's no sweat. The wood all came as a package deal and the rest was worth more than I paid. I cut around the edges to clean up the deep cracks and bark, and it wasn't too promising, lol. Since the wood was pretty lame, I just...

Super helpful, thanks!

Thanks, I really appreciate the info! I'll definitely be taking your advice when it comes to K&G. I was thinking their pricing was for the total weight of the wood, but that makes sense they would charge based on if it's dyed/double dyed or not. Copy that. In that case, I'll definitely take...

Every couple of months or so, I tag along with my wife while she goes to garage sales and whatnot. The hope is always that I find some nice, old knives, or some good handle material. It doesn't usually work out (except the time I came home with 50lbs of african blackwood, lol), but today was one...