Pippy yew knife

Here's a new knife in RWL34.
Satin finish on this one and it has my new makers mark.
The handle is from a very old Yew from the old churchyard in Penalt, Wales.
According to the register of ancient Yew tree's it's between 800 and 1200 years old if I remember correctly.
The other bit of wood is bog oak so quite a lot older than that.

Anyway, hope you like it and thanks for looking.



I'll try to add some better pics when I'm not having such a bad time with photobucket.

Yew cad. Nice work. Always good to see a makers mark on a blade. Is that etched?

Yes it's etched.
Wife bought me an etch o matic and it seems to do the job.

Deep etch?

jessf said:

Deep etch?

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Not sure how deep a deep etch is.
Probably not.
I could sand it out, but I wouldn't want to, it would take a while.

i see. Cool beans daddyo.

Light playing on the handle kind of looks like flames. Awesome.

Pretty nifty! What's the handle finish you did to get it so glossy? Does it still feel like wood or synthetic now? :doublethumbsup:

The finish is layers of superglue with fine sanding between coats and a final polish.
The feel is synthetic I'm afraid, no way around it.
It looks good if you like shiny and it's a good hard finish.