Fallkniven F1 in Desert Ironwood

[Stew]

Not the best pictures - fading light yesterday and the wife left my better camera at a friends house.


Lovely dark Desert Ironwood, almost black in places. A few swirls of lighter colours going on.


Some mosaic pins (wasn't sure if I would like them but I think they work well with the simple handle), red liners and some nice curves.














Will try for some better pictures later!!

 

[HillBill]

Nice looking F1 that Stew.

 

[mr walloping]

That f1 looks lovely and i am a big fan of fallkniven knives.

 

[British Red]

That's a gorgeous bit of DI Stew - I adore that wood and you've done it proud there

 

[Bluffer]

Massive improvement over the factory-fit skinny plastic handle!

 

[Albus Culter]

Ooooooooooow

Like that. The Desert Ironwood looks stunning and I agree the pins look good. I must get some pins and try a knife with them myself. Great inspiration

Thanks for sharing

 

[yarrow]

Great looking handle on a great blade. The standard F1 has such a rotten handle, that one looks way better. Is the wood stabilized or do you not have to bother with such dense wood?

 

[Stew]

Great looking handle on a great blade. The standard F1 has such a rotten handle, that one looks way better. Is the wood stabilized or do you not have to bother with such dense wood?

The wood isn't chemically stabilised. As you say, its a dense wood! It wouldn't take any real amount of the stabilising agent in so would be a fruitless exercise. Of course, that means it doesn't need stabilising either.

 

[Hibrion]

That looks great. The pins finish it off nicely. Desert Ironwood is hard to beat, especially the Arizona stuff. I don't envy anyone working it without power tools though.
I have collected a good amount of the Arizona stuff now, but the lack of a decent sander makes it difficult to work.