A-3 Something from RMK's shop
B-1: Box Elder Burl
C-1: Big Leaf Maple

Just a point of order maybe....
When is the last time we used OAK on a knife????

That's a good question. I haven't seen oak, pecan or hickory used as a handle material either. Walnut, Osage Orange, sycamore and so on, show up, but not the oaks. Must be a cracking issue.

Pap

That's a good question. I haven't seen oak, pecan or hickory used as a handle material either. Walnut, Osage Orange, sycamore and so on, show up, but not the oaks. Must be a cracking issue.

Pap

We have used (or at least, I have) spalted pecan and sycamore in the past.
James: Need a head count so I can post the votes...
Thanks, Capt. Chris

A = 2
B = 2
C = 3

P.S. Are any of the woods stabilized?

A. 10
1
2
B. 9
4
0
C. 7
5
1

Including the Cajun!

1/1/1

Here we go...so far.
Capt. Chris
PS: I still have no idea what Pappy wants??

A1-10 votes
A2- 1 vote
A3- 1 vote
B1- 10 votes
B2- 2 votes
B3- 0 votes
C1- 6 votes
C2- 5 votes
C3- 1 vote

It all depends on the processing of oak, it unfortunately,
often cracked due to temperature and humidity changes.
And it's still bad to make hilt of complex shape - SFG and FG,
in the case where the fibers are straight (as on lignum vitae).
Here the fibers are curved, everything will be fine