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The eyes which give the burl character can also contain small pores. This is natural and usual with burl wood. The pores are typically filled during the handle finishing procedure unless the design calls for a deliberately used or primitive look.
These burls were purchased in 2004 and 2005 as whole seasoned blocks. Since then I have kept them for five and a half years before slicing off some scales.
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Brown mallee burl This is a fairly dense and fault free burl. This picture shows a vertical slice and a group of consecutive knife scale slices. The base colour is caramel with mid brown growth rings. Some of the timber has a light pink flush between bands. I purchased this burl as seasoned wood in 2005 and only sliced it up April 2010 B9 |
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Here's a handle from a camp utility made using the middle (longest) slice in photo B8, below. The bolster is Weeping Myal. Both sides of the handle came from the one slice. |
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Brown mallee burl Consecutive slices of brown mallee burl. Only the far left slice has been sanded to 100 grit to show off the dense eyes and wavy growth pattern. The white sapwood is as hard as the core, so it can be incorporated into the handle design. The longest slice is 30cm long and all are 1cm thick. B8 |
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Brown mallee burl Showing both orientations of cut. You wouldn't want to sit on that live edge. B7 |
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Tasmanian myrtle burl This wood has a pink and honey colour grading, to the left in this photo,to a silvery cream. The front slice is 17cm long and 8mm thick and has been sanded to 100 grit. I only have what you see in this photo, my wife used the main burl to turn a bowl on her lathe. B6 |
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Red mallee burl This wood was purchased in 2004 and sliced in April 2010 The longest slice is 28cm by 1cm thick. The base colour is salmon reds interrupted by pink or off cream figures. The sapwood is as hard as the core and can be incorporated into a handle design. B5 |
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Red mallee burl Consecutive slices including two which have been sanded to 100 grit. I love the red eyes and cream figures in the second slice from the right. B4 |
Red mallee burl Some of the sanded slices showing eyes and figure. this is a fairly hard wood which will polish up well. B3 |
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Simply labeled Western Australian mallee burl by the purveyor. I purchased it in 2005 and sliced it in April 2010 This is a hard wood with subtle character. The base colour is a pale yellowy cream with washes of light caramel. It doesn't have eyes. The sanded slice contains a knot. Imperfections like these would be excluded from a knife handle. Only clear wood is used. The sanded slice is 23cm long by 7mm thick B2 |
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Western Australian mallee burl A close up of the scale, sanded to 100 grit. In the hand, this material looks a lot like marble. It is hard and takes a great polish. The pattern is more swirls than eyes. B1 |
Hand Crafted Knives
By
Warrick Edmonds
