Show us your sticks (finished handle projects)...

[cotedupy]

There seem to be a decent, and increasing, number of us amateurs doing some reasonable re-handling of knives, so I thought maybe we could have a thread to share our efforts.

For those wanting to show WIP or ask detailed questions probably be best to start a new thread, but give us any pics of finished stuff that may not need a whole seperate post.

Let's put the pros on the other subforum to shame! Show us your sticks...

 

[cotedupy]

I'll get things rolling with my latest two handles...

First a 240mm Ishizuchi Sujihiki. Handle and ferrule from used winemaking oak staves with a spacer from white plastic I found on the beach:

And a 185mm Kosuke Muneishi Bunka. Handle from a a piece of Sheoak firewood, ferrule from some Redgum firewood, and the same plastic spacer:

 

[cotedupy]

And here, as a demonstration of progress, my very first rehandling effort a few months ago. Wine oak staves on a Two Lions Cai Dao:

 

[Barry's Knives]

London plane with brass pins on my munetoshi. First handle project so there room for improvement.

 

[cotedupy]

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London plane with brass pins on my munetoshi. First handle project so there room for improvement.

Very nice! I'm yet to attempt scales properly, but have a couple of old Sabs to have a look at soon...

 

[cotedupy]

150mm Ishizuchi Petty. Tasmanian Oak and blue epoxy.

 

[Dhoff]

Love the bandaid matches the epoxy!

I tend to prefer all wood handles, and no synth, but this looks really good and adds something extra!

 

[Carl Kotte]

Let’s see....

 

[Carl Kotte]

And some western sticks too

 

[Dhoff]

Gotta stick it to you, it looks great

Might be a sticky thread at one point if we stick together.

 

[cotedupy]

Let’s see.... View attachment 99436

Ahh I've seen a picture of this one before I think. It's lovely! What wood was it...?

 

[cotedupy]

Love the bandaid matches the epoxy!

I tend to prefer all wood handles, and no synth, but this looks really good and adds something extra!

Ha! It does indeed. And (irony of ironies) it was this very knife that sliced into my thumb when I was trying to remove a bit of spilt epoxy after installing the blade a couple of days ago.

(EDIT - Oh and thank you! I'm not a big fan of loads of bright colour on handles either, but there's something about that blue that works nicely with this shade of wood when used as highlights. I've done a couple with more blue, and they're a bit in yer face, but a little is good )

 

[Carl Kotte]

Ahh I've seen a picture of this one before I think. It's lovely! What wood was it...?

Thank you! Spalted maple. Lots of action

 

[NO ChoP!]

Here's one I was pretty fond of.

 

[cotedupy]

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Here's one I was pretty fond of.

What are the materials here? They're rather striking

 

[cotedupy]

Here's one of mine from yesterday. 165mm Ishizuchi Bunka, with wine oak and brass spacer.

 

[Caleb Cox]

Pyinma burl with a bog oak spacer

 

[Caleb Cox]

Stabilized bubinga and purpleheart

 

[cotedupy]

Couple I've done for friends recently...

Muneishi 165mm Nakiri with Tasmanian oak:

Ishizuchi 165mm Bunka with winemaking oak:

 

[birdsfan]

Here's one that I am proud of It is a Fu Rin Ka Zan western handle reshaping....

Sorry about the non knife porn quality pictures

 

[Tim Rowland]

How about a bucket of work in progress stuff?

 

[Dhoff]

Here's one that I am proud of It is a Fu Rin Ka Zan western handle reshaping....

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Sorry about the non knife porn quality pictures

looking great! what type of wood?

 

[Dhoff]

Couple I've done for friends recently...

Muneishi 165mm Nakiri with Tasmanian oak:

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Ishizuchi 165mm Bunka with winemaking oak:

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more pics of the taz please

 

[birdsfan]

looking great! what type of wood?

It is a stabilized cypress burl. It appears dyed as well.

 

[birdsfan]

How about a bucket of work in progress stuff?

Even unfinished, Tim's work looks great!

 

[Tim Rowland]

Even unfinished, Tim's work looks great!

Thanks,
Here they are with some odies oil still partially soaked in.
Half are dowel construction and already slotted. Half traditional style waiting to be drilled and slotted.

 

[cotedupy]

How about a bucket of work in progress stuff?

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Ah yes, I have a box that looks very similar (except yours is much nicer wood!)

 

[cotedupy]

more pics of the taz please

This was actually one of the first handles I made with coloured epoxy used to fill a knot in the wood (it's floorboard offcuts, so there are quite a few knots to play with). Still terrible pictures on my crappy phone camera, but here you go:

I now usually use blue coloured epoxy for this. Here's a very striking one I did a couple of evenings ago, which I rather like and will be keeping for me!

 

[Dhoff]

Thank you! really good looking, both the non-coloured and the blue lightning

 

[Caleb Cox]