after some quite time, finally I have the chance to put scales on this sweet blade. sorry I forgot to document lot of the process.
Took this wood from an old wooden furniture at my basement.
I took the wood into a furniture workshop to split it into 2 small planks. I want a thin handle. As for the spacer, I recycled it from a old dvd case. I did the rough shaping using a hand grinder with a flap disc with sandpapar grit #40.
Roughly shaped scales adjusted using double sided tape to ensure grip during drilling holes for the bolts.
I use loveless style bolts and and a brass tube as the pin for the handle. prior to setting it up I put on slow setting 1:1 epoxy resin for glueing the scale and the blade tang. I clamped it during the setting of the glue. pictured is the remains of newspaper I used to wrap the handle so the clamp doesn't ruin the wood.
Then I shape the scales again using the hand grinder, except for the brass tube and the bolts, I did it manually using saw and files.
this is what it like after rounding off. haven't polished it yet. What I plan on polishing: I wet the scales using cyanoacrilate glue, after it dries out I cleaned it off using #400 sandpaper, I repeated this process about 3 times, then I did the same process but using #800 sandpaper about 2 times. I think the glue will absorb into the wood, closing the pores and the gap between on the wooden scales,, so the scales would be smoother.
the spine shot. I found a thin handle like this work well for me.
This is the final product after I oil the scales. I used WD40
I don't have teak oil at the moment. I'm really satisfied with this one. my next project would be a leather sheath for it. This knife will be on my fixed blade EDC rotation (I used to carry Spyderco Moran and Enzo Camper in rotation).
Hope I posted this right. English is not my mother language
Took this wood from an old wooden furniture at my basement.
I took the wood into a furniture workshop to split it into 2 small planks. I want a thin handle. As for the spacer, I recycled it from a old dvd case. I did the rough shaping using a hand grinder with a flap disc with sandpapar grit #40.
Roughly shaped scales adjusted using double sided tape to ensure grip during drilling holes for the bolts.
I use loveless style bolts and and a brass tube as the pin for the handle. prior to setting it up I put on slow setting 1:1 epoxy resin for glueing the scale and the blade tang. I clamped it during the setting of the glue. pictured is the remains of newspaper I used to wrap the handle so the clamp doesn't ruin the wood.
Then I shape the scales again using the hand grinder, except for the brass tube and the bolts, I did it manually using saw and files.
this is what it like after rounding off. haven't polished it yet. What I plan on polishing: I wet the scales using cyanoacrilate glue, after it dries out I cleaned it off using #400 sandpaper, I repeated this process about 3 times, then I did the same process but using #800 sandpaper about 2 times. I think the glue will absorb into the wood, closing the pores and the gap between on the wooden scales,, so the scales would be smoother.
the spine shot. I found a thin handle like this work well for me.
This is the final product after I oil the scales. I used WD40
I don't have teak oil at the moment. I'm really satisfied with this one. my next project would be a leather sheath for it. This knife will be on my fixed blade EDC rotation (I used to carry Spyderco Moran and Enzo Camper in rotation).Hope I posted this right. English is not my mother language