ever stopped in the middle and said screw it?

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ctaylorjr

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Like the title says; have you?

I have a blade that WAS commissioned and fell through. The handle the FORMER buyer wanted was really bland. Since he has decided NOT to continue with the purchase, I decided to do something with the blade.

Here is the issue I have come to, I can't make up my mind as to what I want to do with the knife!

In the pic below I have the roughed out handle with the blade in it. one minute I say the handle is too large, the next I tell myself to just go with it and see how it turns out... I just tossed BOTH into the "later" drawer...

Any suggestions?

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For the record, the specs are:

O1 steel stock removal heat treated and tempered
Handle material is VERY unsexy maple, his choice not mine... :D

Charlie
 
I would just toss BOTH into the "later" drawer... :D

You know what, when the voice in the back of your head says drop it -- listen. Now is not the time, when you aren't happy with the circumstances. Later, you may be able to see some potential, but not now.
 
What to do with that particular knife will have to be decided based on how it feels when you trim the handle more.

As a basic guide, I find that a too large handle is less of a problem than a too small handle.
 
That's a nice looking blade, I say scrap the handle,get a nice chunk of wood and keep going. Than let us see it when you're done. Moon.
 
You can still make the handle smaller. Having said that, I have 2 drawers full of knives in various stages. on occasion I take a look in the drawer and find new ways to make one into a usable tool. As Stacy stated, now is probably a good time to move on to a new project.
 
Basic handle shape is good until about where your thumb is I would end it there, refine the shape and put a guard in.
 
I took the liberty of making a quick photoshop job (hope that is ok) I did what I think Patrice was recomending near your thumb and Guard. then I trimmed down the Butt of the knife. I felt like the wide butt made the knife look a bit off balance. I would even drill a lanyard hole and slide a tube in there if it were me. I still think you could trim the spine down a bit more than I did on the photo.
 

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Ahhh... how would you recommend he put the guard on after the fact?
 
Patrice Lemée;9616963 said:
Sorry I thought that this meant that it was not permanently fixed. :(

I spent a couple of minutes trying to figure out the spreadsheet too Gregg. ;)
Click to expand...

Oh. You could be right.
 
Wow, I was just venting! :)

The guard will be going on and I already it have it cut and fit to the blade. Just using the handle with the blade temporary. I won't affix the blade until the handle is ready for it.

I see that great minds think alike; I had considered both of the options about front and rear trimming.

I may model up a handle in foam material and see what fells/fits the best. As for wood, this is the piece he wanted and it's cheap so I started playing with it. I have a 2x6x6 block of ironwood that may end up on here.

Now, about that spreadsheet, you guys DO know what this is don't you?

Charlie
 
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