Expensive Junk

[Dave Martell]

That sucks about the black palm.

The next one up looks great though.

[Eamon Burke]

I am also working on this one. What do you guy's think of the multi-piece space spacers, too busy?
http://i1180.photobucket.com/albums/...5/IMG_0217.jpg

Love this one. Please post pics when its done!

[Mike Davis]

That multi piece handle is amazing! Can't wait to see it! I was unsure about using metal spacers, but it looks great!

[mhenry]

That sucks Mike! It was looking really good. If you have a band saw, you can likely salvage the handle portion, shape a new ferrule with the spacer attached to it and bring this one back again.
The new handle combo looks amazing to me! A little Rader-esque...very nice

Ok Lefty, I was going to chunk this handle, until I read this. I thought I would give it a try, looks like it may have saved it! Thanks
http://i1180.photobucket.com/albums/...5/IMG_0314.jpg

[Lefty]

Awesome! It looks perfect from here.
I'm glad it worked out (and my suggestion saved you some materials!)

[jmforge]

It's always fun working with expensive natural materials, I once had a pricey block of ironwood burl that just so happened to have a HUGE void in it that went from about 1/8 of an inch under the surface than ran about an inch down the block. Of course, I didn't discover it until I had profiled the handle.

[Dave Martell]

It's always fun working with expensive natural materials, I once had a pricey block of ironwood burl that just so happened to have a HUGE void in it that went from about 1/8 of an inch under the surface than ran about an inch down the block. Of course, I didn't discover it until I had profiled the handle.

[jmforge]

Precisely!!! It's bad enough when you screw something up yourself, but even worse when it arrives from the factory "pre-screwed"

[Pensacola Tiger]

Mike,

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