Working with Black Palm
Hey Guys,Anybody work much with black palm wood? I'm working on a nice little hunter for a friend at work and decided on black palm for the scales. It's beautiful wood and wasn't too hard to work...
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I use "Rustins" plasic coating. It can be finished to matt, semi or full gloss.
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Thanks XT John. I'll see if I can get my hands on some. 2 questions: Is that black palm or red palm on the knife in the pic? Looks nice by the way. How did you get the name "XT" John?
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Super glue will stabilize it too. Dont forget the old standby, Urethane... several good coats and a bake at 200 will work nicely too.
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I use it a lot, it's gorgeous wood. I don't treat any different than I do any other hardwood. Sand, polish and oil it. Use the parts of it where the black rod grain is the thickest, that's the densest...
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The timber in the picture is actually coconut palm, all of the palm timbers are so alike I think they're nearly the same thing. The nickname XT John comes from the type of hang glider I used to fly....
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Dunno if anyone else does it... I ran outta super glue once, had the urethane... My Late Father in law mentioned baking it, He used urethane based paint at Grummond and Mack.
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Thanks for the ideas guys. Oh Yeah! Almost forgot! GO NAVY SEALS!!!!
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