Finally handled a knife blank

[Snooky]

I got this from Fieldcrafter-UK last year but not had a chance to do much with it, so started on it last weekend and finished it today

 

[ozzy1977]

Nice work, what wood did you use?

 

[Snooky]

Trying to find out, a mate gave me it, he works as a cabinet maker so asked him for something different

 

[milius2]

looks very good and you cleaned up wverything nice, congrads on a job well done. I lack the patience...

 

[Snooky]

The wood is Iroko a west African hardwood, very nice to work with and finished with boiled linseed oil

 

[ozzy1977]

A very good hard wood, naturally oily and used as a replacement for teak nowadays, perfect for outdoor furniture so for a knife handle a very good choice.

 

[dwardo]

Lovely job that. So is it making a new sheath for it next?

 

[Hedgecrafter]

Very nice job.

 

[Snooky]

Don't have any leather tools so looking to buy something that will be suitable, Bushcraft store has one that will fit the Enzo which seems to be a similar size

 

[Clouston98]

Great work!

 

[Haggis]

Nice job,,,

 

[Albus Culter]

Nice looking handle job. Great wood

 

[dwardo]

Don't have any leather tools so looking to buy something that will be suitable, Bushcraft store has one that will fit the Enzo which seems to be a similar size

If you want to try it can be cheap and fit "your" knife perfectly. Then you will have more new skills and yet another crafty hobby.
Then there is always getting a custom lovely thing made by one of the experts on here like Luckylee, angst etc. If you do decide to go down this route definitely send them the tool to make the sheath fit properly.

 

[ozzy1977]

When I first started leather work I was useing a snap off bladed stanley, and a cheap awl. I now have a box full of tools and more on the waiting list.

 

[georann]

Nice job! Lovely wood iroko, but pretty nasty sawdust IIRC

 

[Snooky]

Sawdust is bad if working with it a lot but not too bad for small jobs, it is classed as an irritant