250° was a guesstimate, but a quick gahoogle shows lots of ideas out there for opinel mods e.g.: http://bushcraftusa.com/forum/showthread.php/57733-Opinel-Owners-Do-you-have-a-trick
=- Joe Bunik Walnut Creek, CA On 8/26/14, Johan Larsson <[email protected]> wrote: > Brings back memories from when I was about 12-13 yo and made sides out of > beautiful laburnum wood <http://goo.gl/KND2x0> <http://gog.is/umbrella>for > my Swiss army knife. I worked on it for many hours, polishing and applying > several layers of shellac, only to loose it in the ski slope the first time > > I had it with me, a few days afterwards. :( > > Shellac works well though, I have used it on several wooden handles on my > tools, like files and screwdrivers, but I found that I prefer the slightly > grippier texture of a wax on such things. Shellac is clearly better for > protecting the wood and keeping it look good, the waxed handles have gotten > > quite dirty from black oily hands over time and are impossible to clean, > less that you sand them down. > > Johan Larsson, > Sweden > > > > On Tuesday, August 26, 2014 5:50:15 AM UTC+2, Peter M wrote: >> >> Got the Opinel kiddo for the kiddo but looking at it was thinking of >> hitting it with shellac to give it a little more water protection. Sand it >> >> and shellac? Just lay on a thin layer of shellac? use poly instead? Thanks >> >> all. Oh and if anyone else is becoming a hoarder of bandannas from the >> rotating colors at RBW you aren't alone. Thanks! >> > <http://www.pinterest.com/pin/create/extension/> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
