Uncle Danny
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Yeeees mate! Very well done!!
Stabilized spalted maple, streaky amber horn, and bog oak spacer. Specd out for a large okubo in half octo half oval shape. This one took me probably 3x as long as my typical handles to get it the way I wanted, but I think it was worth it.
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Stabilized spalted maple, streaky amber horn, and bog oak spacer. Specd out for a large okubo in half octo half oval shape. This one took me probably 3x as long as my typical handles to get it the way I wanted, but I think it was worth it.
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I hope you will show us the whole knife once it’s finished? The handle already makes me drool over my keyboard…A mono stick made of zebrano for my new JB
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Dang what knife tang is that for?Koa mono handle for a thick one
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Mazaki. Tang is just under 7mmDang what knife tang is that for?
Love this combinationBog oak and camel bone ferrule for my new Raquin
This looks tremendous@Uncle Danny sent me some bog oak before christmas just because they're a cool dude, and a surprise bit of camel bone. It ended up being lighter than I anticipated, so I had to find a new blade to use it on. Then I got lucky and snagged a Birggie, and put it one there. The first handle was a mono Bocote that put the balance too far back for me. Turned out great! I had a little bit of play and had to sand the tiniest sliver of wood to delicately place in the space.
Put a western myall handle on this beast - 300mm Morihei Hisamoto (TF) white 1.
First time working with a bolster. Was struggling to decide between pins or a clean look. Copper pins looked nice next to the wood, but with the bolster being steel it felt like too many different metals.
Love the work!So… had a piece of Ash that was split but didn’t want to throw it away. Decided to gift it to one of my regular customers.
So, burnt Ash and matching snake wood pin and brass details.
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Great choice of liner here too, looks great!
How did you shape the wood to the handle shape here? Do you rough cut with a bandsaw and then hand-sand, or use a belt grinder? I'm attempting my first western handle but having a hard time getting the shape exactly what I want using my belt grinder alone.
A lot of it is sourced locally. Denmark has a lot of knife makers (especially hunting knives) some is from customers, Etsy, Edelholz and so on.Love the work!
This thread is inspiring me to get on board and have a go at making a handle.
Seeing as you're in the EU, I'm curious where you source your wood. I've seen some bits on Etsy but any tips would be appreciated.
looks great! I really like the grain in ironwoodFinishing up on this one. Iron wood with faux ivory cap. Really great grain movement and depending on the angle of light you can see lighter sapwood peek through behind some of the darker sections. 130mm and 53 grams. Was originally heading towards a 180 petty, then tokushu dropped some 240 Shindos (without handles) and now it’s heading to the big leagues. Lighter handle will help keep the knife with a forward balance and I’m thinking they’ll make a nice match!