Back in 2011 i made a series of posts on my blog that i called 'Project Leuku' , the six posts followed the build of a Leuku that was sent to me by my good mate Jon out in Norway, well, as sods law dictates the Elm handle i put on the Leuku didn't really work that well, so a little time ago i removed it with a view to re handling the Leuku - again.
This is the Leuku as i first received it from Norway
and how it looked after it's first rebuild with an Elm handle
On Monday this week, i eventually got around to making a fresh start on it, the new handle is made from two pieces of Walnut, supplied by Hugo of this parish, with red felt seperators/liners in between the handle sections, the handle also has a brass bolster, which i had to make from scratch first from a piece of brass sheet that was also kindly supplied by Hugo, so with every thing cut out and clamped up, it was time to leave it be for a couple of days whilst the epoxy cured.
I was hoping to be going on a bimble today with Hugo & Rockmonkey, but an ongoing and painful injury to my right knee kind of put paid to that, so instead, i finished off the re handle job on the Leuku, having left the epoxy a couple of days to cure properly, it was time to get down and dirty with the sand paper to get the final shaping done, the result of which can be seen in the below photo's.
I was going to put a brass pommel on the Leuku, but in the end, i decided against it and instead used a piece of well seasoned Ash that i collected from the woods a year or so a go.
Considering, it's only the fourth or is it fifth time I've ever made a knife in my life, and that includes re handling this one twice now, I'm more than happy with the way it has turned out, now to make a sheath for it.
This is the Leuku as i first received it from Norway
and how it looked after it's first rebuild with an Elm handle
On Monday this week, i eventually got around to making a fresh start on it, the new handle is made from two pieces of Walnut, supplied by Hugo of this parish, with red felt seperators/liners in between the handle sections, the handle also has a brass bolster, which i had to make from scratch first from a piece of brass sheet that was also kindly supplied by Hugo, so with every thing cut out and clamped up, it was time to leave it be for a couple of days whilst the epoxy cured.
I was hoping to be going on a bimble today with Hugo & Rockmonkey, but an ongoing and painful injury to my right knee kind of put paid to that, so instead, i finished off the re handle job on the Leuku, having left the epoxy a couple of days to cure properly, it was time to get down and dirty with the sand paper to get the final shaping done, the result of which can be seen in the below photo's.
I was going to put a brass pommel on the Leuku, but in the end, i decided against it and instead used a piece of well seasoned Ash that i collected from the woods a year or so a go.
Considering, it's only the fourth or is it fifth time I've ever made a knife in my life, and that includes re handling this one twice now, I'm more than happy with the way it has turned out, now to make a sheath for it.
