First poured bolster

[wayne1967]

First try at a poured bolster on a knife. Made the knife a little while back.

 

[GreyWhiskers]

Ya done good, Wayne. :thumbsup: Nice knife. Those poured bolsters have always been attractive to me. GW

 

[omarick1948]

Nice work!...Looks like a "Work'n Man's Knife" for sure! ... Is that Oak you used on the handle?

 

[wayne1967]

Thanks. No, I know it is not oak. We use oak all the time at work. It was some scrap custom we had ordered. I want to say chestnut but can't be sure.

 

[anvil1231]

looks real good Wayne. I have poured quiet a few bolsters and many don't look as good as your first. :hatsoff:

 

[paulvallandigham]

If its not Oak, its probably Ash, with grain that wide. There are several lesser species in that family, so it might be good to check out the books, or field guides to determine exactly what you have.

 

[rabjr]

Fine job for first time. :thumbsup:

 

[Capt. Fred]

That looks real nice. :thumbsup:

 

[jethro224]

Purty nice! :thumbsup:

 

[rkmeyer]

Lookin Goood! :bow:
Dusty :wink:

 

[Goldhunter]

That turned out quite nice! :hatsoff:

 

[JamesG]

Great job.

 

[DOUBLEDEUCE 1]

That looks very nice. I like the stripes and the bolster. :thumbsup:

 

[Troy Allen Christianson]

Bang up job! By Jove I think you've got it! Can't wait to see your next one! More Knife Porn!! :hatsoff:

 

[wayne1967]

Thanks. I am going to attempt to make a forged bolster knife next. I love the ones that Old Dominion Forge makes. He is a very skilled craftsman.

 

[mazo kid]

Lookin' good!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

 

[ohio ramrod]

May be chestnut , may be oak ,may be ash, may be ???. As a cabinet maker I can tell you that when you get into burls it is hard to idenify what the wood is unless you have the whole board available. Especially after finishing the species is not easy to determine by obesrvation. I often save special pieces to have stabilised for knife handles and if I don't mark them I cann't always remember what they were after a few years.

 

[wayne1967]

That is the same thing I was going to say but stopped myself. I looked through about 1000' sq. ft. of stock of the stuff we had to find that grain pattern. It amazes me that people are starting to get the, what we call black and yellow rot in oak, for the pattern. This is a defect even though in the early stages it is solid. We run about 15000 feet a day through our planner and is amazing how much of a different grain pattern you will see in white and red oak.

 

[wayne1967]

Sir, you were right. It was oak. It was mixed in with some special order Eucalyptus that we had ordered and I thought it was that but I was wrong. Our lumber grader varified it with me.