That's ambrosia maple that has been spalted by being on the ground for a while. There is an insect that bores thru the tree and the secretions leave those marks.
Looks like spalted maple to me. Spalting is caused by fungi in the wood. This is a very desirable wood sought after by wood turners. Very nice knife. As a retired woodworker (65 yrs in field) I am looking in to knife making and enjoyed your video. But please, please be a little safer by keeping your fingers away from the saw blades and if you replace your table saw blade the new one will not leave as much burn marks on your wood which will cut your clean up time.
Thanks for sharing how you did this. I am making a knife for my brother in law and I have some logs from a black walnut tree that we cut down in 2012 that I am going to try and use for the knife scales. I de-barked it and shaved off a lot of the soft wood to get to the darker heart wood. It is well seasoned, 7 years now, but it laid out in all sorts of weather, rain, snow, sunshine, heat and cold. Right now I have it inside and letting it thoroughly dry. I am hoping that I can get some good scales out of the heart wood of the black walnut. That way my brother in law has a knife made by me with scales from my property. I really appreciate this video you made. Juddie
@@jorgeo1492 he loves the knife I made him. I gave it to him on our deer hunting trip in November when he came in to hunt. The handle turned out well from the old black walnut tree. In fact I have just this year cut down another and plan on saving a few logs from it to make more knife handles in the future.
@@JnJTrueOutdoorAdventures wow thats really cool, now that knife has a great origin and cool story. Im just getting into hiking more outdoors stuff. And later on will introduce my brother to all of this. So far just dipped a toe into fishing, but next is hunting. Anyways good luck and keep on making stuff
First, that was a great job. I've spent most of the day checking out old logs looking for some nice wood. Second, I think the person who wrote the comment below mine about the music said it best. At first it was distracting, later on it became annoying. Thinks for the video
You said it mixed polyurethane with paint thinner. Polyurethane on the tube, or on the box? If possible, what a manufacturing company. I want to stabilize some wood and I do not know how to do it. Thank you in advance !
Fist off Im no expert but what I did seemed to work. I got a can of liquid polyuretnane from home depot. I made it thinner by mixing in some pain thinner. This way when you soak the wood the poly get absorbed deep into the wood. The the pain thinner evaporates leaving the poly to fill the wood cell structure and prevent cracking.
I'm glad everyone gets to share how they got injured and now know better than anyone that makes a video. Safety man is worse than Karen's. Nobody cares and any grown ass man doesn't want to be told how to do his job.
At the 4:08 point, you’re headed for trouble without a push block. As me how I know. ☺️ Bi-metal bandsaw blade literally halfway to my thumb cuticle before I realized it happened. Not being a safety nazi, just letting you know it happens very quickly.
I had to stop and pause to comment, which I almost never do. When holding on to the knife and drilling a hole I held my breath. You said "You can also use a clamp for this" - You should always use a clamp for that. I've had the drill bit get stuck once doing exactly this and the knife spun around and went straight into my hand. Now I always wear thick gloves or secure the element that I am drilling into
No. Just when drilling the holes with the first side of the scale drilled. Seemed like u didnt glue it. Deff epoxy for attaching.. Hot glue just yo hold the scale to the tang while drilling the first hole threw the. First scale u. Attach
your piece of maple is SPALTED its a fungus that happens in trees once they have been cut or have fell , lucky guy hopefully you have the rest of the tree :)
Speaking of Spalding, Spalded Myrtlewood is very beautiful, also, and it is a hardwood, too...found in Southern Oregon and Northern California Coastal Area...
Wow I see so many people who use band saws that do not seem to care about their fingers. 4:03 for finger danger. Why not use a push stick or a block of wood to push it through. Only takes on mistake and you will be in hospital.
Your table saw skills are dangerous. You NEVR reach over the blade to remove the cut wood. You risk hitting the blade and having your hand being dragged through the blade. Second, you need to align your blade to the fence. Those dark circular marks on the cut wood shee that the alignment is needed. Using the saw without aligning, risks kickback.
Great video killed by this stupid music. Use sound of tools and your VOICE sounds really great. Why kill the whole thing with this ridiculous loop electronic "music". And you are not the only one that kill otherwise fantastic howto videos with music that has nothing to do with the video content. Hope you'll listen and hope to see more from you..george
