Freds Edge Well-Known Member Nov 4, 2014 #1 General Kitchen Chopper 11.5'' LOA 8'' blade .065 CPM 154c 1.5'' wide flat grind Osage Orange handle with copper liners Stainless corbys
General Kitchen Chopper 11.5'' LOA 8'' blade .065 CPM 154c 1.5'' wide flat grind Osage Orange handle with copper liners Stainless corbys
AkWildman Well-Known Member Nov 4, 2014 #2 Very nice kitchen knife,I work with a lot of Osage orange in bows and the handle looks more like hickory or oak to me.Just asking because I have never seen grain or color like that.
Very nice kitchen knife,I work with a lot of Osage orange in bows and the handle looks more like hickory or oak to me.Just asking because I have never seen grain or color like that.
Freds Edge Well-Known Member Nov 4, 2014 #4 The osage I rubbed down with ferric chloride to help pull the grain out and darken then rubbed with some tung oil.
The osage I rubbed down with ferric chloride to help pull the grain out and darken then rubbed with some tung oil.
AkWildman Well-Known Member Nov 4, 2014 #5 Interesting , I have a bunch laying around .going to have to try that.