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here’s a set of toasted butternut single piece handles. The runt is for my Deba.

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Here’s a bonus octagonal in ebony and blonde horn with faux turquoise and alum liners
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Any feedback appreciated. Thanks folks
 
Burnt handles work very well in pro kitchens as they are still grippy when wet. How do you finish after being burnt? I always wire brush mine but that doesn't leave them as black as yours.
 
Cool choice with the butternut!
 
Burnt handles work very well in pro kitchens as they are still grippy when wet. How do you finish after being burnt? I always wire brush mine but that doesn't leave them as black as yours.

So I shape them to near finish. Then burn them with a butane torch, carful not to burn too much, wire brush to clean em up some. Then for these a take them on a series of sandpaper to polish up the ass ends where the wood is untouched. I put more pressure on the back ends being careful not to sand away too much of the burned bits. Then polish on a wheel with some wood compound.
 
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I really admire how dark you got the burn. For visual balance my preference is full dark only about an inch give or take and then a gradual fade to unburned color kind of like a watercolor wash. That takes some practice, tho, and I for one haven’t mastered it.
 

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