A couple of first time knives

[juttle]

I've never made a knife before, and I suppose if I'm telling the truth, I haven't this time either! What I have done is stick a couple of handles on other peoples creations!

These two are both handled with Yew, which I particularly like for its figure. The polar whittler also has a black buffalo horn bolster. The crooked knife blade I was fortunate enough to get from Steve (Rancid Badger) on here. Cheers, Steve!

So, as a first attempt, what do you think?

I suppose the next stage is to learn leatherwork, at least for the whittler! Incidently, they're both finished with a single coat of Tung Oil, with the promise of more to come!

 

[Dreadhead]

superb, love that wee whittler tis a beaut!

 

[crosslandkelly]

I like them a lot. the Yew looks lovely. Nice work.
Colin.

 

[Angst]

Yo...well done m8....yup the yew looks lovely, like the top ones grain in particular....have thought about yew before myself but as a relative newcomer too i havnt used it because i keep hearing about it being harmful if dust inhaled....or am i being paranoid?

A

 

[Edcraft]

Brilliant them ! I've rehandled a few myself but never made a blade. I'd love to learn blacksmithery though.

 

[juttle]

Yes, the dust is harmful, but I use a simple dust extractor, a length of tube connected to a vacuam cleaner, to collect all the dust. Also, I don't work with Yew a lot, so I'm not having a problem! The paranoid bit, however, well, my nurse tells me that a piece of wood can't possibly harm me, but do I believe her?????

 

[Edcraft]

my nurse tells me that a piece of wood can't possibly harm me, but do I believe her?????

Tell her to go and pitch her tent under an Elm or Beech tree haha see if she still agrees in the morning ! lol

 

[palace]

Most YEW trees were found in church yards where animals could not get at it to eat it kills them and us as do the berries...

 

[Captaincrash]

Beautifully done, I love the wood!

 

[bikebum1975]

Those are very nice really love the crook knife