heirkb
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So like the title says, I decided to give up on the handle. Sanding away the tang to shorten the emoto using only sandpaper was hard enough.
I still wanted a saya, though, because I don't like knives without them. All I used to make this saya is below:
cherry wood (1/4" thick and 1/8" thick pieces)
multi-file/rasp tool
sandpaper
coping saw
victorinox trekker swiss army knife (in place of a chisel, lol. You'll see from the band aid on my thumb why this is a bad idea. Especially if you don't have a vice.)
I messed up a few things. I didn't know how to make a symmetrical saya while only carving one side, so it's asymmetrical. To make matters worse, I carved the cavity on the wrong side of the saya (left as opposed to right). Lastly, the knife now gets stuck a bit on the way out, because it gets titled in the saya and its heel digs in. Is there any fix for this last issue?
I really hope nobody tells me that cherry is a terrible wood for sayas :happy2:
Anyways, here it is...
I still wanted a saya, though, because I don't like knives without them. All I used to make this saya is below:
cherry wood (1/4" thick and 1/8" thick pieces)
multi-file/rasp tool
sandpaper
coping saw
victorinox trekker swiss army knife (in place of a chisel, lol. You'll see from the band aid on my thumb why this is a bad idea. Especially if you don't have a vice.)
I messed up a few things. I didn't know how to make a symmetrical saya while only carving one side, so it's asymmetrical. To make matters worse, I carved the cavity on the wrong side of the saya (left as opposed to right). Lastly, the knife now gets stuck a bit on the way out, because it gets titled in the saya and its heel digs in. Is there any fix for this last issue?
I really hope nobody tells me that cherry is a terrible wood for sayas :happy2:
Anyways, here it is...