Yesss I love long handles on long blades!And part 2 of that request was to make this 300mm blade even longer with a 190mm handle. Asian satinwood and Redwood burl
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Yesss I love long handles on long blades!And part 2 of that request was to make this 300mm blade even longer with a 190mm handle. Asian satinwood and Redwood burl
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Thanks mate, glad you like them@Uncle Danny , those rock, wow! The eddworks looks so classy and the handle for the Wakui is also fantastic. Chapeau!
Yeah man, that monowood is sweet! Great wood and execution. I like that handle shape too.Thanks mate, glad you like them
Nice first try and those materials are gorgeous!!!!!Ok, first time doing the dowel method. I made a ton of mistakes, which was great for learning. My ferrule popped off right as I was mounting it. It was at the glued g-10 and wood. I kept having problems with the Titebond sticking to the G10. Going to use epoxy next time. I did my beat to stick the landing after that mishap, I got epoxy everywhere and had to resand the handle but it looks ok, but the tang hole is a little messy.
Oh, Nakagawa ginsan 240
I forgot to note that this is on a hinokuni white 1 jumbo santoku. The blade by itself weighs a whopping 230 plus grams and the package comes in all together at 303 g. This is something that I've had up for sale many times so I figured I would use it as a project knife and make it more appealing for later on. It seems to be a pretty underrated blade because of the lack of quality control at that Forge but this was one of the good ones. It was frustrating when I broke that wood because this was turning out to be one of my better handles but it still turned out pretty good and it feels really good in hand. It moved the balance back on the blade, and while it is still pretty blade-forward it gives that big blade some more agility than it had before.I got a franken-handle finished. This was to gin up a Hinokuni. I ran into some problems and had to replace some materials but it turned out ok. This was my best tang hole.
I like to dabble (Sydney based)Are there any Australian hobbyists (that is, not knife makers) on here into making handles?
Um, that's either a lot of handles or some big ones.Been out shopping for new handle materials today
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Out of interest, which Osmo product do you guys mostly use? PolyX?
For osmo, I used to use polyx. It was easy to apply and came out nicely. I've since switched to odies oil due to the smell.
Thanks!Sorry, I never replied here @enchappo, but yeah - we use Osmo polyx at work too.
That IS some beautiful walnut. Great work.This is a handle I finished yesterday for a Toyama belonging to @PeterL. I won't go into the specifics of how much of a nightmare this was to drill and fit, apart from to posting the following two pictures, and noting that the tang was hardened:
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Handle is a 'heart-shape', using an unusually beautiful bit of English Walnut, coupled with an equally unusually beautiful bit of cream ivory and red marbled horn.
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I have done 2 Toyama handles, both tangs had a bend in them. This is definitely a thing!
That IS some beautiful walnut. Great work.
@cotedupy stunning wood and horn combo!
For future knives, it isn't challenging to anneal the tang and make it easier to deal with afterwards
I just did this recently, put the blade in a metal container of water with just the tang sticking out the top and went at it with a blow torch. Water warmed quite a lot but never boiled. I'm sure some portion just behind the heel of the blade isn't fully softened but it made it very easy to drill through after getting it red hot and letting it air cool.That’s a fair point. Do you have to do anything special to stop heat going into the main part of the blade? Wrap it in a bit of damp cloth or something…?
They really do cut supernaturally well, I have three (at least one is the Watanabe version of the same knife). Crap handles though! I am tempted to try making a handle, can you recommend any starter resources? Cheers!This knife has made me completely convinced that I need to pick up a Toyama at some point.
I am tempted to try making a handle, can you recommend any starter resources?
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