Put scales on a Knife blank

[MattF]

I have put some scales on my Fieldcrafter knife blank.
Its the first time I've had a go at putting scales on a blank the scales are made of Yew.

 

[Dreadhead]

very nice, yew is my favourite wood for knife handles, just beautiful stuff!

 

[Kent Clark]

Beautiful wood. Great job.

 

[Paulm]

Looks great

Cheers, Paul

 

[Macaroon]

Good work, that's a nice bit of Yew.

 

[MattF]

Thanks for the nice comments the yew I got a couple of years back as a off cut from the woodland festival at Elvaston the rest is going to make a nice bowl in the New year

 

[Muddypaws]

That's a lovely bit of yew there. Nice work!

 

[Harvestman]

The wood is really nice, but the work is pretty tasty too if you haven't done this before. I really like it.

 

[Clouston98]

Great work mate!

 

[MattF]

Thank you for the comments.

Have got to make a sheath for it now and oil the wood but not sure what to use have got some Danish oil but have got some Ballistol gun oil ?

 

[ateallthepies]

Lovely piece of Yew with that colouring! I'm not sure about others but I find oil is oil. Meaning that I have used Ballistol, linseed, Danish, Tung, Bacon, Camellia and Olive oils among others and all do a similar job.
I like to thin the first couple of coats of oil to get better wood penetration.