Cheep oak knife scales

[gumuman]

Im just starting out making my own knifes and have been collecting wood to be used as handles but they need to season first. Looking on some sites the price for common (native English) wooden scales was crazy.

Randomly after letting my wife drag me round the local b&q I spotted some solid oak flooring samples at £3 a pop enough to make at least 8 sets of scales and the results are pretty good

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[Robbi]

they look very good indeed

 

[bushwacker bob]

Hardwood floor samples are usually free and abundant from most Builders Merchants.
nice job.

 

[Goatboy]

That looks like it's worked really well, any pics of the spine?

 

[Corso]

that's a really nice looking knife mate

 

[k9trev]

Nice to see the flooring used like this.A good idea very resourceful ,nice looking knife too (not too sure on the size of the lanyard hole though) .
Top job all the same

 

[British Red]

Its funny how it goes with wood. - I just stocked the fire with a beautiful horse chestnut burr no one wanted them! I'm about to rip up an old oak barn door (must be 100 years old - gone that lovely solver colour). It seems a shame but the bottom 6" has rotted away - so circular saw it is. I recall other times having bought wood for silly money. Supply and demand I suppose

 

[chimpy leon]

I really like working with oak, its such an attractive wood if you spend time on it. Suprised its not used more often as scales. I'd take it any day over expensive, exoctic stuff like cocobolo.

 

[tiger stacker]

Hardwood floor samples are usually free and abundant from most Builders Merchants.
nice job.

Thanks for the tip will havea scrounge