First Layered Wood Handle

[EastCompassoKnivery]

So I recently made a hidden tang file knife for a friend as his fathers birthday present and I used some handle material I had made. It's mesquite cedar mesquite oak cedar oak mesquite oak cedar oak mesquite, cedar peach. In that order continuing up the handle. The last piece ( the piece closest to the blade) is peach wood from a peach tree we cut down in our yard. I just wanted to see what ya'll thought about it.
Blade:file
Length: 5" ovrl 2" blade length
Thickness: 1/8ish
Oil quench on the heat treat

 

[tryppyr]

I have always liked stacked handles. They are more interesting than single wood handles.

If it was me doing the work, I'd put more shape in the handle. Right now it looks a bit like a truncheon handle. I notice that all of the pieces in your stack are the same size. That's okay, but next time think about varying the sizes... some thick, some thin (perhaps even including spacers with a flash of contrasting material).

One other thing I like to do with layered handles is incorporate angles, instead of stacking flat pieces. Either way works, of course, but I find the angles give the eye more to appreciate. Also, you might put some additional thought into patterns in the wood, and look for some ways to use them to create a more cohesive design.

 

[phillipsted]

I've picked up on a trick lately that is popular with segmented bowl turners. They pay a lot of attention to the grain direction when they lay out their individual bowl segments - even if you use the same type of wood in each layer, if you reverse the grain direction in alternating slices, you get a really cool effect.

TedP

 

[EastCompassoKnivery]

I've picked up on a trick lately that is popular with segmented bowl turners. They pay a lot of attention to the grain direction when they lay out their individual bowl segments - even if you use the same type of wood in each layer, if you reverse the grain direction in alternating slices, you get a really cool effect.

TedP

I wanted to do that but the wood that I had was really thin so I did what I could.

 

[Hengelo_77]

I prefer it when the handle is no wider then the blade. I´ve done an angled spacer before. Make sure to cut the wood at an angle as well so that the grain continues to go straight