I am looking for a publication or a Web site that provides information about the corrosiveness of various woods: pH, outgassed volatiles, degradation products, etc. My specific need is to determine which woods are safe to use in making knife handles and sheaths and boxes for presentation and/or storage of knives and guns. There’s a fair bit of information online about manmade products, such as plywood and OSB, but nothing extensive or definitive on natural woods. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.
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Have you checked with the USDA Forest Products Laboratory?
Excellent suggestion. I also will be checking with what used to be called the Institute for Paper Chemistry. A couple of other ideas came to me while following up with what you suggested. If anything pans out, I'll post the results.
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