Stew's Works in Progress!

[Stew]

My favourite stage - going from the rough block to an actual handle.

 

[robevs73]

Am I missing the kukri rehandle?
I have one with a dodgy handle, needs replacing.

 

[Stew]

Am I missing the kukri rehandle?
I have one with a dodgy handle, needs replacing.

Nope, not missing it - I have multiple knives on the go.

There is this one previously though:
http://www.stewartjlight-knives.com/2010/08/cold-steel-kukri-with-custom-handle.html

 

[Stew]

Fresh out of a vinegar bath, ready for some paracord for the handle.

 

[Mesquite]

Nice work Stew.

Any progress on the Siberian Chefs knife?

 

[Stew]

Nice work Stew.

Any progress on the Siberian Chefs knife?

Nope! it's hardened but needs bevels - going to be a fair bit of grinding on that!!

This morning the wife decided we need new laminate floor downstairs so I have something else to prioritise first!

 

[Stew]

That's a wrap!

The cord still needs a glue soak

 

[Stew]

Dartmoor survival knife with Coyote Brown G10 scales and carbon fibre pins. An extra spacer in Green Micarta meant I could make for a more curvy and comfortable handle than the tang would allow.

More pictures here:
http://www.stewartjlight-knives.com/2019/03/dartmoor-survival-knife-csk185-rehandle.html

 

[Stew]

Etching my mark in the sunshine!

I find this part quite stressful. Quite a simple thing but it can mess up the whole knife if done wrong. I really should start doing it earlier in the process but I forget!

 

[Stew]

That'll do nicely....

 

[Stew]

The Cold Steel Gurkha Kukhri rehandle is done.
The stock handle is a boring bit of black rubber.
The rehandle was done in the style of an old school stacked leather handle but in more modern materials that will last.
The inner stack of brown material is actually Tufnol. The bolster and butt cap are green Micarta with a black G10 spacer between the Micarta and tufnol.
As well as gluing each piece, to hold it all together I modified the tang and a large bolt then threaded the butt plate so it screwed through - the bolt is exposed on the butt plate so you can see the size! It took a bit of thought as to the best way to tackle that part.

 

[Stew]

 

[Mesquite]

Very tidy work there Stew

 

[Stew]

Thank you!

 

[Stew]

I've not done any leatherwork for quite some time. I had lost my mojo with it but I've got quite a number piling up waiting for sheaths so thought I should get back on it!

 

[Stew]

Think I need a thread title change to Stew's Works in Progress! A few threads with the same subject going on!

 

[Buckshot]

Title changed

 

[Stew]

Thank you! I had better get some more work done.

 

[Stew]

Oops!! So I haven't really done any knife work for a while due to a job change and the workshop being too full. I've been working away trying to get it back into order and clearing out some unused stuff.
I came across this dusty tub. Popped it open and the sight in picture two - rust - lots of rust!
It's an old tub I would fill with vinegar and leaves Blades soaking in to remove rust and forge scale.
I almost threw it away but I thought I should just give it a stir first..... There were blade blanks in there!! I don't know how long ago I put them in but it wouldn't surprise me if it was a year or more. One has been pretty much eaten away to nothing at the tang, though i can do something with the rest even though they're somewhat thinner than originally planned.
As I said - oops!

 

[Stew]

Back to it with some hand filing of a handle - the Laburnum is tough stuff so was burning on the grinder.

Also, been listening to the Mark of the Maker podcast which is what gave me the kick to get back in the workshop. Episode 6 was on Scagel so I just had to do a rough and ready sketch of one to make.....