Looking for handle material input.

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weo

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Hello again all. Boy I seem to be indecisive these days, so I'm looking for input on what would look best. Should I put brass, mahogany or nothing between the ebony and stabilize spalted maple?

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billyO
 
Thanks Stacy, but don't worry. That outline was done just to make sure the block was big enough. There's a lot of shaping to do yet once I get it glued up.

I do all of my final shaping once it's all glued up. I know most glue up the handle, then shape, then insert the knife/tang, but I haven't been able to do that successfully yet. On the last wa handle I did on a santoku that way, after everything set up, the blade was off about 2 1/2 degrees from true. That one is staying with me now....

I guess the original thread title wasn't too clear. Looking for material choice advise, not handle shape advice, sorry 'bout that.
 
I guess I just have a feeling you're going to get about as many different questions as people who answer on this one. And I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing. Handle material can be a REALLY individual thing. Some guys hate some materials, others absolutely love them. Some like brass, others would never want it on a knife. I tend to lean towards more simple looks, but that's far from "right". I'd probably just go with the ebony and maple, but that's me :). Looking forward to what you end up deciding on.

Jeremy
 
I would go with the brass, but depending on grain orientations, I would worry about different expansion/contraction rates of the materials, especially if your ebony grain runs parallel to the blade.
 
I like it. Masur & Maple like that are my favourite materials.
But with that blade, you should have used Zebrawood.:cool:
 
I would have told you to use the Mahogany because the red would have been a nice contrast between the ebony and spalted maple. But looking at the final product, I think I would have been wrong. Absolutely beautiful. Nicely done.
 
Copper, hmmm. Where does one get sheets/plates/ bars of copper?
 
Lieblad said:
I like it. Masur & Maple like that are my favourite materials.
But with that blade, you should have used Zebrawood.:cool:
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The different opinions are here now!:p I like the woods you picked because you can enjoy the Damascus! I prefer toned down woods with Damascus & really wild handle woods with a plain steel blade!;)
 
Copper looks great but it heats up crazy fast. I don’t know why but it is a concern that I don’t have with brass. Your knife looks great. Now you have an easily copied template.
 
For bronze, I am partial to Atlas Bronze. You can get nearly any alloy and they carry some of the better forging bronzes that can be hard to find.
 
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