For less then $50 I have been doing my own stabilizing with great results. If I sent my wood out I would probably change my mind and want to use another before it came back. I have cut the chunks in half and drilled them out for hidden tangs and I am getting full saturation. It usually takes 5-7 depending on the wood.
I hope we all continue to experiment and tweak existing processes. That is how new techniques and products come onto the scene. If we just sit back and let a couple people tell us "this is the only way to do it" then we might as well just use a knife making book from 100 years ago with the existing knowledge from that time.
Too many times I have gone "out of the box" and found the prevailing forum attitude/opinion to be not quite the complete truth. Just the opinion of a hand full of people. Over the years I have seen prevailing forum opinion change due to a few who tried something new.
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