...I'm just about ready to glue on a gorgeous set of those Juniper Burl handle slabs. The handles are contoured out nicely, all pins are test fitted and good, nice handle to bolster fit...all of a sudden, on of the corners on the front of the slab just falls off. I put it up against the bolster to see if I can grind it away but it is too big a piece. There goes $40 down the drain, and this is some beautiful wood.

There must have been a fissure in the wood just under the surface. What a shame. Back to the drawing board. time to break out the desert ironwood.

ARRGGGGGGG!!!!! It hurts just reading it....
A few weeks ago I cut a nice piece of Blackwood for slabs....with the grain going the wrong way (DOH!!!!!) I didn't think it would matter with it being so dense...WRONG!!....CRACK!!!...
All well I always liked Rosewood better anyways....;)

L8R
Eric
(feeling your pain...)

Dogget,
put some epoxy on it,purdy it up and send it too me.I got one of those secret black-op missions for it.;) ;) :lol:
Hate for you to have to look at it any longer than you already have.:D

Depending on the crack you might be able to fix it with Zap-A-Gap. I have had a handle crack on me when inserting the lanyard tubing (this reminds me to tell you guys to allways leave plenty of room in this area in your design so there is plenty of wood between the lanyardtubing and the edge of the tang)

Well I have filled this crack up with superthin superglue and pressed it together either with hands or a visegrip. On burled wood there should be no visioal crack. And the bond is usually stronger than the material.

This is also a case in point for leaving your handle materials oversize until *after* they are epoxied in place. If something like this happens, you have no grace to make adjustments.