Custom grips for the BK10 - WIP

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mrn8

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This is my first attempt at custom grips for any knife, so it's been an interesting learning process. Today, I learned that need a counter-sink bit to get the inner and outer holes to line up correctly. :rolleyes: Anyway, this is a 3/8" walnut / black dymondwood laminate sheet that I started with. I've also got some green micarta to work with, but figured I'd mess up on the one that I'm not confident that I'll keep on there!

I think I'm going to try to find different hardware, though. The stock stainless hardware isn't bad, but I'd like to find something a little different for the nut side of it. I considered pinning it, but since I'm not sure I want to keep it on here, I'll wait on that idea.

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Congrats on getting the ten! Looking good so far, can't wait to see how she turns out.
 
Well, it's still pretty rough and I need to figure out what hardware I want to use on it. It's been fun, but there are a lot of things I'll do differently for the next set I make. The biggest thing is that I definitely need a 1x30 or 1x42 belt sander.
 

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Word to the wise on the belt sander. It REALLY helps having a sander with good belt tracking. I've got a couple cheapies from Harbor Freight, and the nicer one from woodcraft is really worth it.

I like having one where I can sand on the curve of the sander as well; helps with detail work.
 
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