Celtic Handle Demo

[KHall]

I will be demonstrating how I make the handle of the knife below at the Haywood Community College (HCC) Knife Club meeting on December 7th.

The HCC Knife Club meets the first Tuesday of each month at 7:00 pm in the Industrial Systems Building (Blacksmith/Welding Building). The meeting is open to anyone who would like to attend. HCC is located in Clyde, NC about 25 miles west of Asheville, NC and about 30 miles east of the Tennessee state line. This is the location that has been used for several ABS classes and the Great Smoky Mountain Hammer-In for the last three years. For direction to the school and Industrial Systems Building (3300) go to http://www.haywood.edu/directions.

Hope to see you there.
Ken Hall

 

[silver_pilate]

I know, I know!!!! It's a maroon sharpie used to draw the design on the handle!! .

Beautiful knife. Wish there were these types of meetings out here on the hi plains.

--nathan

 

[Driften]

That should be a good demo, but for people not in that area you can get instructions for doing that type of work on pen making sites. For example http://content.penturners.org/articles/2009/6-Segment-Knot-Pen.pdf

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

I used to turn lamp bases with that technique. I used walnut thin sheets and maple blocks. The trick was using a wide kerf blade. People will look for a long time trying to figure out how it is done....most guess wrong.

 

[Hengelo_77]

That pdf looks interesting, but I still don't get the full 100%

I do have some veneer laying around, would make an interesting project

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

cut,add spacer,glue,trim,rotate, cut,add spacer,glue,trim,rotate, cut.......

I used a jig that had a piece of pipe going through the bore hole for the lamp to align the pieces during glue-up. I had index marks on both ends . If the ends get out of line it will be a problem.

Once all segments are glued up, turning the piece down will reveal the interlocking loops.

On a smaller piece, the trick is to not cut all the way through the block. That way it stays in alignment. When turned/ground down the extra wood will be trimmed away, revealing the pattern of loops.

 

[jll346]

Very cool.

 

[Justin.Mercier]

I use that same technique to turn 'knots' on pens, it's a cool effect. The key is to make sure everything is exact width. It helps to have your main piece of wood oversized and to not actually cut through, but only like 80% through and then glue in the wood, and just turn away the outer 20% completely. It makes it a lot easier to keep things straight and even.