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...............STABILIZING...............
A process of causing a special blend of monomers and acrylics to completely penetrate a material, such as hard or soft wood, ivory, bone, horn, etc.
Wood used for knife handles that have been stabilized are now quite hard, resistant to color fading, no changes due to humidity, are affected little by water, many acids and solvents. The wood will not crack, check, warp, swell or shrink. It also does not require a wood preservative finish.
Wood with good color character is normally stabilized with no color added. Some wood, such as the Ponderosa Pine shown below can be stabilized using dyes to make uniquely beautiful "new" hardwood.
Natural "Pecky" Pine
The same pine stabilized in gold, red and black
For further information go to Wood Stabilizing Specialists, Inc.
Below are some handle materials I have available.
This is Pakkawood, made the same way as linen base micarta, but with wood veneer. These are cut at an angle out of a block to expose the layers.
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