Update on the knife project

The knife project is done.

Unless you count the fact that I still need to make a leather sheath for it. In that case, it's not done

@MLE_online oh, that woodgrain is so good!
@attoparsec It really is! I'm sad I'm almost out of that chunk of wood now.
@MLE_online — Nice burl, a job well done.
@Hotblackjava i somewhat regret giving my dad the majority of that burl. i want it back now, lol
@MLE_online — If your talent is at all hereditary, your father will prolly put it to good use…
@MLE_online beautiful! love the tiger stripes. it looks professional too
@amy isn't that a wonderful piece of wood?

@MLE_online yes!

and that *is* what she said

tiger oak?

@amy I think it's a piece of rosewood burl, but i'm not totally sure. A friend gave me like 300 pounds of assorted woods that her dad had collected, and none of it was labeled
@MLE_online that makes a lot more sense! i was like… it doesn’t look like tiger oak but what else could it be? rosewood didn’t occur to me bc it’s so rare now / illegal to harvest for so long. the tone is sure right
@MLE_online and what a nifty present
@amy A gift and a curse, lol. I had no place to keep 300 pounds of wood, but I couldn't turn it down, so I had to ask a friend if I could keep it in his garage, where most of it still is to this day
@MLE_online that is amazingly awesome!! Beautiful!!😆
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Did your Dad make knives?
@HackAWeek no. He just saw these knife blanks at the woodcraft store and thought they would be fun projects as Christmas gifts
@MLE_online Ok I love how it’s actually three knives.
@MLE_online Wow, that looks incredible 😍
@MLE_online omfg, I can feel that handle like it’s in my hand. Gorgeous!!
@MLE_online Fabulous handle but I missed earlier toots, did you make the blade too?
@pthane I did not make the blade. It started with a knife blank I was given as a gift for Christmas
@MLE_online Wow, that looks terrific!