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Knewslettter in a Knutshell KNEWSLETTTER IN A KNUTSHELL 4 Is this your last Knewslettter???? 4 See the mailing label - Look now 4 Buoy knives - History 4 Evolution of Stabilization 4 Mystery Sculpture 4 Bowie Knife Challenge Our international membership is happily involved with “Anything that goes ‘cut’!” January 2014 from jerky to cameras. Vaporized Silica is still used to stabilize The Evolution of Stabilization Turquoise. Dan Westlind Next to come into widespread use in wood stabilization was In my opinion few things have had the impact on knifemaking Methyl Methacylate (MMA). MMA is used to make Lucite and more than that of the stabilization process. Look at the vast va- Plexiglass, and is used in many glues and adhesives. MMA is riety of handle materials and dyed wood on the market today. also used in the medical research world to stabilize organ and I’ve seen everything from pressed sunflower seeds and corn tissue samples. Benzoyle Peroxide is the catalyst for MMA. cob to cactus and pine cones, all due to stabilization. The first stabilized wood I remember using was some I re- ceived from the late Dick Lorditch from Pennsylvania. I don’t know what resin he used, but the wood was cured in the re- actor at a nearby nu- clear power plant. The wood was very hard and had a glass- like look to it. It cost $300.00 per cubic foot to have it cured in the reactor, which was quite a sum back then (30+ years ago), con- sidering it didn’t even glow in the dark! Benzoyle Peroxide is also the main ingredient in acne medi- Polyethylene Glycol was one of the first stabilizing compounds cines. MMA, when mixed with the catalyst, is highly unstable around, but it was mainly used for wet woods. It is still used and must be kept refrigerated; but even then it can be unstable. today as a wood preservative, especially in treating wood from One of the latest chemicals, Loctite Resinol 90C, used for ancient boats and ships for museum preparation, keeping the stabilizing wood, is manufactured by the Henkel Corpora- wood from shrinking and disintegrating. Polyethylene Glycol tion. The 90C is actually the recommended temperature used is widely used in the medical field mainly in laxatives. to cure the compound at 90 degrees centigrade. Resinol 90C It is my understanding that the more modern techniques of is widely used in the automotive industry to seal cast engine wood stabilization evolved from rock and gem stabilizing - parts and transmission housings to keep them from seeping mainly turquoise. Since only 5-10 percent of turquoise is us- fluids. Resinol 90C is not readily available to the public. able for jewelry without being treated, there was a lot of re- I know there are other compounds out there being used for search that went into treating turquoise. Sodium Silicate was stabilization, but I just covered some of the more common the main compound used in treating Turquoise. Sodium Sili- ones. The next time you see a bunch of dyed and stabilized cate (AKA water glass and silica gel) is the stuff you see in the wood, you may have a better understanding of how it evolved small packets used to absorb moisture in just about everything to where it is today. torically inspired knives such as Buster and tell the story of their history. Please OKCA BOWIE Warenski who did California knives re- bring examples of your favorite Bowie KNIFE CHALLENGE ally well -- but D. E. Henry was THE maker and help your Club! MAN. His knives from the early ‘60s OKCA BOWIE KNIFE CHALLENGE 2014 onward still hold up today, which is pret- ty amazing if you think about it.” So have you been rummaging around B.K. Brooks your safe for that special Bowie, or put- Yep, it is coming up fast. Are you ready? Knifemaker James Baston stoked the ting the last touches on a prize winning Are you a booster of OKCA, or are you Bowie fires not only with his outstand- custom work? Time is getting short. going to get caught with your pants ing knives but by writing: James Bowie From talking to IB interest is rising, and down and stared at by the other Club & the Sandbar Fight Birth of the James you don’t want to be left out. Remem- members? All you have to do is rum- Bowie Legend & Bowie Knife (1992) ber it is your participation that makes the mage around, pick out your best Bow- and James Black: blacksmith, cutler, or Club what it is. ie and contact the Club. But first some knifemaker (1993) who helped fan the fires of budding bowie knifemakers. Once more, please note you don’t have more Bowie talk, and this time we center to have a big display worked up; but yes on the custom makers. that would be great. But even if you com- Custom Bowie Knifemakers mit to bringing a few of your examples I started this article by contacting those to show at your dealer table that would in the know about custom makers; and, be fine too and would still be eligible for by the time I was done, I had an article an award. For a large display I would too large for the OKCA Knewslettter. need to know the highlights of what you I learned that about 25 years ago there plan to show. If you plan a small display started a big boom in custom knifemak- or a special Bowie knife at your table, ing with Bowie Knives being one of the we would need to know exactly what dominant themes. It is thought that the you plan to bring and your table number. publication of The Antique Bowie Knife A special non-table-holder display area Book by Bill Adams in 1990 and the is being considered, contact the Club. Berryman/Schreiner Bowie Auction in If you want to be properly listed in the 1992 gave new fuel to the Bowie black- April 2014 Knewslettter so people can smiths fire that had been smoldering in come over and visit your table specifi- the banked coals of history. cally, you need to act NOW! Contact But prior to this boom time, there were the OKCA and let us know what you men who kept the Bowie Knife tradition are showing. Your participation is what burning and laid the foundation for this OKCA’s own Wayne Goddard has played makes our Club great! boom. I will not be able to mention them a big part in keeping the custom Bowie all or even the ones I had originally high- Knife craft alive, producing knives since lighted. the 1960s. Many budding knifemakers On the tip of have read and re-read Wayne’s books - many tongues The Wonder of Knifemaking and Wayne was D. E. Hen- Goddard’s Fifty Dollar Knife Shop. ry. In Knife Then of course there is the William F. World Editor’s Moran School of Bladesmithing that Mark Zales- bears his name. Bill Moran was a Blade ky’s opinion, Magazine Hall of Fame Member and a from 1950- President of the Knifemakers’ Guild. His 1990 there is knives are displayed in museums includ- almost only ing the Smithsonian Museum in Wash- one name you needed to know: D. E. ington DC. Henry. According to Mark: “D. E. Hen- Yep, I have only scratched the surface ry went back to the Bowie’s roots and and 3/4 of my article; and scores of names put authentic features back in the knives; lay on the editing room floor. I will leave and his craftsmanship elevated them to it to you to pick up the torch and pro- an art form. There were others making mote your favorite custom maker’s knife “bowies,” including some scattered his- or knives at the Bowie Knife Challenge Page 2 coordinator for OKCA Knews this event; and & Musings the participants ibdennis are: Bill Amou- reux, Don Bell, The Pre Winter December Snow Show.. John “Slim” Coleman, Wayne Who would have thought that the Goddard, Gary December Show would have been met Griffin, Greg with 7” of snow and 6 degree weather. Haile, Cameron House, David Kurt, Now if this was Minnesota, then it would Membership and tables... Gene Martin, Brett Matthews, Lynn have been a heat wave. But Eugene, Did you mean to, but forgot? December Moore, Dietrich Podmajersky, Peter Oregon? Thirty five tables were full of 15 was the deadline for table reserva- Pruyn and Sterling Radda. knives, and 50 tables beckoned to knives tions for the April Show. Also December Articles herein.... which never came. It was warm in the 32, 2013 could mean your membership building, and spirits and attitudes were will lapse if your mailing label has a I want to thank B.K. Brooks, Bernard fantastic. We closed two hours early to 2013 code on it. Our mail attendees are Levine, and Dan Westlind for their give the far away travelers a chance to standing by. We also, at this time, have a words in this issue. More words are make progress on the road before night few table spots open. When all the reser- needed, and I know that they are out fall. See pictures and Elayne’s write-up vations were tabulated, I was pleasant- there. A special thank you to Knife World on this event. ly surprised at the response to the April Publications and Bernard Levine for Show. Looking good. the tongue in cheek thesis in this issue. Donations Please share your knowledge, as this Knewslettter is a perfect medium for We are beginning to receive donations contributions from our membership.
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