Heres my foray into knife making,
took me quite a while all told,
Now that I know what I'm doing the next one will take me 1/4 as long.
It's not quite finished yet, I have to file of some off the cold weld.
I used a 3.7" Lauri carbon blade
The handle is stacked birchbark glued, and pressed in a vice for a week
I shaped brass cupboard handles into bolsters and used a weird dark lotuswood from spain, they sold it at Lee Valley but I haven't been able to find any info on it, Works nicely though.
I've put about 10 coats of linseed on it.
I know it's rough but I LOVE it!
Birchbark rules,
This is the best hobby in the world, I cant wait to make another one.
took me quite a while all told,
Now that I know what I'm doing the next one will take me 1/4 as long.
It's not quite finished yet, I have to file of some off the cold weld.
I used a 3.7" Lauri carbon blade
The handle is stacked birchbark glued, and pressed in a vice for a week
I shaped brass cupboard handles into bolsters and used a weird dark lotuswood from spain, they sold it at Lee Valley but I haven't been able to find any info on it, Works nicely though.
I've put about 10 coats of linseed on it.
I know it's rough but I LOVE it!
Birchbark rules,
This is the best hobby in the world, I cant wait to make another one.
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