My first Opinel, and some mods!

[mykel m]

I figured you used that kind of dremel bit for the grooves. I used the same thing for when I had to make the grooves for the tang of a Mora blank I was making a handle for (that was the first time I'd ever made a handle for a knife, and I must say it came out really well. Here's the link for the Mora if your interested: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1170978-Custom-Wooden-Handled-Mora). The idea of the leather dye is really cool. It actually crossed my mind what leather dye would do to the wood while I was working on my Opie . Really nice job man!

Thanks JM,nice Mora handle & sheath.
Here's a great thread on Opinels with lots of good discussion on modifying 'em.