First time at handling/fitting scales to a knife.....

[MrEd]

Year later update.

I really like this blade, but the handle just wasn’t ‘right’ despite re-working I was still getting hotspots, and I realised it was because it was to thick. I would not have been able to work it down thinner without wrecking the Corby bolts so.....

I re-handled it. Slightly longer handle. Red G10 liners, walnut scales (cut out and made by my brother) with loveless bolts. Slightly thinner, and I slightly skimmed down the but of the knife where it seats into my palm. Lots of coats of BLO to finish over the course of a week or so then a buff on the wheel. Feels nice so far.

 

[punkrockcaveman]

That walnut looks lush! Great job

 

[MrEd]

That walnut looks lush! Great job

yeah micarta resin handles are great, but wood just has ‘something’ else I think.

 

[lostplanet]

good job ! how are you getting on with the trooper?

 

[MrEd]

good job ! how are you getting on with the trooper?

yeah it’s good. For me *slightly* to long a blade for carving stuff, I feel I have more ‘control’ with the trapper, but for a camp bushcraft knife - heavy stuff like battening etc, it’s really good. I like it. It’s going to be a workhorse imo