Stabilized mushroom hawkbill !!!

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Stabilized mushroom hawkbill !!!

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Hello everyone...

I just wanted to share with you a picture of a beautifful knife from a custom desiger from Quebec, Canada, made with Stabilized mushroom (!!!!!!!!)

I don't know the guy, but he sure is talented...

Simon

http://www.miville-deschenes.com/amd/index.html
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Yes I have seen pictures of his work.
It's really nice.
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Very nice looking knife. I think that stabilization will allow some very unusual materials to be used for scales, and some of them will be strikingly beautiful. Would love to get a better look at that handle.
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Stabilized mushroom? :eek:

Who care, that's still a cool knife :cool:
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The knife has a beautiful design to it, but I never knew you could do handles with MUSHROOMS :eek: AWESOME looking knife! Thanks for sharing!

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Wonder if he used truffles.
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Stabilized mushroom sounds quite strange to me, but the knife is AWESOME!!!
Enjoy!
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Stabilized material is kind of counter-intuitive. The "best" candidate materials are porous, since the whole idea of the process is to suck out the air and replace it with a resin very similar to that used in making G-10. What you are doing, in essence is creating an epoxy/fiber laminate, but using cellulose fiber in its natural state (wood), instead of glass fiber. But for the process to work its best, full penetration of the resin into the wood is essential. So, hard, dense woods, like lignum vitae and desert ironwood, are poor candidates, while lighter woods are good ones. Mushroom is at the extreme, once dried they are very light and still quite porous.
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Very cool knife :cool: :cool:
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Nice! :D :spyder: :D

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wow looks very nice
I'll check into him!
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Jimmy_Dean wrote:wow looks very nice
I'll check into him!
Humm, somehow, I kind of knew you would do that ;) :rolleyes:

I would too, but it sounds too rich for my wallet!!!

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Very nice Simon... Very nice.....
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cool thanks for link
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Nice workmanship, not too fond of Hawkbills myself. I really like the Hebe model though.

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Congrats Simon that's one sweet looking knife! that's a new handle material for me...stabilized 'shrooms! :D
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jaislandboy wrote:Congrats Simon that's one sweet looking knife! that's a new handle material for me...stabilized 'shrooms! :D
i was hopping for more color too :D
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