Some new handles

[apicius9]

Haven't posted any handle pics in a while, here are a few new ones, just quick snapshots with sub-optimal lighting. They are a bit darker in reality.

Stefan

Koa, marbled horn, fiber spacers

P1020499 by mgapicius, on Flickr

Redwood, horn, lapis spacers

P1020501 by mgapicius, on Flickr


snakewood, spalted signature

P1020505 by mgapicius, on Flickr


Cooke pine, nickel silver, koa

P1020508 by mgapicius, on Flickr


Horn, M3, kauri

P1020510 by mgapicius, on Flickr

Amboyna, spalted hickory

P1020514 by mgapicius, on Flickr

2 x horn, Cooke pine

P1020516 by mgapicius, on Flickr

red bakelite, blackwood, mammoth tooth endcap

P1020518 by mgapicius, on Flickr

Marbled horn, amboyna

P1020520 by mgapicius, on Flickr

horn, double brass spacer, red dyed maple burl, mammoth tooth endcap

P1020522 by mgapicius, on Flickr

koa, brass-horn-brass spacer, black ash burl

P1020524 by mgapicius, on Flickr

Marbled horn, M3, acrylic

P1020526 by mgapicius, on Flickr

[ecchef]

Well, whadda ya know.....Stefan has been up to something!
Aw crap, this means I gotta buy another knife?

[mhenry]

Nice! That acrylic handle is cool.

[obtuse]

Did you take a hike on the Nu'uanu Judd trail and cut that Cook pine?

[geezr]

WOW Nice

Will the Amboyna, spalted hickory be a good match for my small yanagi blade that is at Dave place waiting for a handle?

[wenus2]

Just to clarify, were these made to order, or are they available?

Nice looking work, as always Stefan. That's a nice piece of spalted signature you came up with for that handle.

[JohnnyChance]

That signature and snakewood combo is quite nice.

[Eamon Burke]

You have gigantic cajones to be grinding at these kind of materials all day. I'd lose water weight from all the nervous sweating.

[apicius9]

Thanks guys. Still waiting for more of that signature wood in this quality to come in. Ken, the hickory handle is an order, but we could see if the signature handle works - or the ironwood one I had shown you.

Most of these are orders. The ones that are available are the two koa handles, the large amboyna handle, and one of the pair of Cooke pine handles - not yet sure which one, we'll have to check which one works best for the knife it was ordered for. I have a few more finished that are free, and a few more will be finished soon. Right now my problem is that I don't have a car to get to the shop, still waiting for a new computer to be flown in for the crappy Sebring. If I get the next weekend in the shop, I should have a few more and will update my 'available handles' info. I have a few more black ones similar to the one above, all with mammoth tooth endcap but it can be a correspondingly colored bakelite spacer or endcap.

Stefan

[apicius9]

T.... I have a few more finished that are free....
Stefan

Aaeh, free as in 'not made to order', not as in 'no money involved'

Stefan