Knife Rehandling Services for Stacked Leather?

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Figsy

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Hi All,

I have the below Marbles Woodcraft knife with stacked leather handle. I love the knife, but the handle is just too thin to be comfortable and user safe for me. Can anyone recommend a person or company that could redo the stacked leather handle to make it fatter and more comfortable?

https://imgur.com/a/eQ5FT9q
 
Why not try it yourself ?

It isn't overly difficult as well as fun to do, and only you know best how the new handle needs to feel.
I only have limited eye sight, so if you have two good eyes that will help quite a bit.

Most stacked leather handles i just "rejuvenate", two examples of vintage Woodcraft models in this thread:

veitsi_poika

Photos Post in thread 'Vintage Marble's Woodcraft ?'

kwackster said:
Recently i bought this nice little knife, and although it looks quite a bit like an old Marble's Woodcraft model i don't think it's a real one.
The blade has no markings and the pommel doesn't have the mushroom shape like the Woodcraft models i've seen online.
Based on this and the typical handle construction with 2 stag panels held together by brass rivets my best guess is that it's a Solingen made Woodcraft copy from the 1930's or even the 1920's.
It is however a well made knife with hard steel (harder than my F.Dick basterd file), and i intend to find out if i can get the blade in...
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but the second Pontus Holmberg knife in this thread needed an entirely new leather midsection.
I'm happy with how things turned out.

K

Photos Thread '2 Swedish Air Force survival knives'

Recently acquired these two fixed blades made by Swedish manufacturer Pontus Holmberg.
According to this website the model was once used as a survival knife for the Swedish Air Force:


I'm in the process of giving each one a bit of TLC, and will post some pics later on.

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You are going to spend a lot of time attempting to rehandle that knife, and it likely won't come out very nice.
I suggest selling it and buying another knife instead of ruining that one.
If the knife is sentimental, or you just have to rehandle it, use stag, wood, Micarta or plastic in one piece.
 
Hi Bill and Nate, I actually decided last week to go micarta, I figured might as well use something that will last. Thank you everyone.
 
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