Bernie Garland blade in a local wood handle

[Glyn]

A friend of mine asked if I could put a knife together for him...
There was a bit of a underlying reason for this, as he is a druid and wanted a knife for ceremonial use, as well as cutting up sandwiches, small branches, string etc...
After making sure that no goats/virgins would be sacrificed with this knife (apologies to any druids out there, but stereotypes are wonderful...), I stumbled across Bernie Garlands website, and as he was just down the road from me, it seem a good idea to try and find as many local materials as possible.
After a delay due to living in interesting times, the 70mm carver blade was duly ordered.
I'd also found some local holly which looked good, and a chunky piece of hawthorn which had been cut from the rear of the garden earlier this year.
I'd got a left over piece of nickel silver that'd probably look nice in the handle.
After putting it off for a while, I managed to escape from the madhouse for a few hours this weekend and managed to put it together


Untitled by Glyn Smith, on Flickr
The pieces ready for glueing


Untitled by Glyn Smith, on Flickr
Glued together


Untitled by Glyn Smith, on Flickr
Rough sanding


Untitled by Glyn Smith, on Flickr
Final shape


Homemade knife by Glyn Smith, on Flickr
Just about finished

I'd forgotten how enjoyable it is to actually make something.
Great fun!

 

[spandit]

Lovely little knife - much better than my efforts (making one at the moment but it won't turn out that nicely...)

 

[dwardo]

Thats a good days work that,, very nice.