Hunting knife, RWL34 steel, Brown malee burl handle.

[knifemaniac]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3J13H_2IQLo

Hunting knife, RWL34 steel, Brown malee burl handle slabs with leather spacers, brass bolts and tube and leather sheath.

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[724wd]

leather spacers? hmm... interesting.

 

[knifemaniac]

Yep, I use thin leather instead of fiber. Before I mount the slabs I glue the leather with epoxy to the slabs and trim the excess. I soak the edges of the leather with cyanoacrylate before finishing the handle, so it can't expand from water and moist.

 

[Makermook]

Very nice. I like the idea of the leather spacers. Have you ever had problems with expansion, despite using the cyanoacrylate?

 

[knifemaniac]

leather expands a little, but not more than fiber does. It is good alternative for spacer IMHO.

 

[cbr900son]

Id love to see pics of the spacer.

 

[knifemaniac]