Hey guys, instead of the boring drudgery of study on my day off, I spent yesterday morning finnishing making my first knife handle in the man cave.
It is a Karesuando Carbon Steel kit which are available from several retailers. I bought the kit to have a go, mainly as a prequel to handling my JP handforged blade from the woodlore shop.
The kit comes with a blade, a brass bolster, a block of curly birch (I think) and some leather and bits for the sheath.
First of all, a few sketches of possible design:
Fitting the bolster and antlert followed by drilling the wood - which proved quite difficult to get an accurate snug fit (plus scouring the local DIY shops to get a long drill bit - in the end I had to settle on a masonry one).
Mucho gluing, sawing and sanding later and it begins to take shape:
And the finished product, polished and treated with Boiled Linseed/Bee's Wax:
As you can see the handle shape didnt quite come out as planned, and I might do some more work to thin the butt of the handle out but other than that I am very happy with the result. Also need to do the sheath now, but I'm going to wait untill I am definately not going to alter the handle shape a t all.
Roll on the next project - any suggestions on handle materials for a nice hand forged blade?
Thanks for looking.
Colin
It is a Karesuando Carbon Steel kit which are available from several retailers. I bought the kit to have a go, mainly as a prequel to handling my JP handforged blade from the woodlore shop.
The kit comes with a blade, a brass bolster, a block of curly birch (I think) and some leather and bits for the sheath.
First of all, a few sketches of possible design:
![DSC_0041-1.jpg](http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k528/totumpole84/DSC_0041-1.jpg)
Fitting the bolster and antlert followed by drilling the wood - which proved quite difficult to get an accurate snug fit (plus scouring the local DIY shops to get a long drill bit - in the end I had to settle on a masonry one).
![photo-17.jpg](http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k528/totumpole84/photo-17.jpg)
Mucho gluing, sawing and sanding later and it begins to take shape:
![photo-18.jpg](http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k528/totumpole84/photo-18.jpg)
And the finished product, polished and treated with Boiled Linseed/Bee's Wax:
![DSC_0051.jpg](http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k528/totumpole84/DSC_0051.jpg)
![DSC_0053.jpg](http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k528/totumpole84/DSC_0053.jpg)
![DSC_0052.jpg](http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k528/totumpole84/DSC_0052.jpg)
As you can see the handle shape didnt quite come out as planned, and I might do some more work to thin the butt of the handle out but other than that I am very happy with the result. Also need to do the sheath now, but I'm going to wait untill I am definately not going to alter the handle shape a t all.
Roll on the next project - any suggestions on handle materials for a nice hand forged blade?
Thanks for looking.
Colin