Handles

[Caden_Vekk]

I'm still working on my first knife and realized I have no clue how to make a handle for it. At the moment I'm not interested in scales, I find most of them to be ugly so I was wondering if any of you had any websites with directions (step-by-step preferably) on how to make a one peice handle

 

[polish avenger]

This is a site that I find myself looking at an awful lot. There may be something here for you. http://gbrannon.bizhat.com/

-Mark

 

[Old CW4]

This may be off the wall but I was recently wondering if I could wrap a knife tang with thick nylon rope, then melt the rope with a propane torch, and file/sand/buff the resultant "lump" into a decent handle? I got this brain fart a week or so ago while melting the ends of heavy nylon rope for use with radio antennas. When I got over eager with the heat the result was sizeable blobs of shiny black, sticks to everything, hard and tough "glop." I need to try this with a piece of odd steel and wonder if anyone else has tried it.....? Thanks for listening.

 

[Caden_Vekk]

try it with thinner rope and a lighter flame should work

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

tons of info on www.knifehow.com
Satcy

 

[Caden_Vekk]

its amazing how easy looking things over is, you know? Who'd a thunk it that theres a knife making tutorial website called knifehow.com?

Thanks guys

 

[joe9knives]

get paracord 550 online or at your local army surplus.