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Here is my latest re-handle. It is currently drying from it's last soak in my linseed oil/pine sap finish.
I've been re-handling a few Frosts blades I had laying around to practice my handle making techniques, as well as to experiment with different handle shapes/materials/etc. The idea is to start making my own blades as well, so I figured I'd practice on what I had, before I go and ruin a perfectly good blade I spent a lot of time on with a crappy handle.
The fit around the bolster isn't that great, I wasn't paying attention, and got a little epoxy gap in there. Oh well, that's why I'm practicing on these blades to see if I like this handle design/shape.
So far I really like the shape of this one, it's real comfortable to hold, and I like the lines.
The Blade was a 4 3/8" Frosts blade that I shortened to 4" even, which allowed it to be a full tang.
The Handle is oak from a railing I saved from a demo job. Bolster is two thin pieces of aluminum sandwiching a red spacer. It also has an aluminum back bolster(I think they call it a pommel?). I used a pommel on this one because I wanted to try peening the end of the tang. Ya, that didn't work, so I just epoxied and sanded the tang flush with the pommel. The back of the wood right next to the pommel was torched. I really kinda like the effect that it gives, I should have done the same with the front. I also wanted to put an antler spacer behind the bolster, but I didn't have any suitable pieces.
Anyways, here she is:
I really like the wider blade on this one, and I'm really liking the shape of the handle as well. I think it is going to replace my old re-handle as my woods carry knife. Here is a fuzzy pic of both of them next to each other (You can kinda see the difference in blade width):
And while I'm showing off, here's a sneak peak at my current leather handle project. This one I'm planning on just making it a plain barrel shape, so the pommel was flat and the peening went a lot better on this one, as you can see. The blade was also shortened to allow for the full tang. 3.5" blade, and 4" handle.
I've been re-handling a few Frosts blades I had laying around to practice my handle making techniques, as well as to experiment with different handle shapes/materials/etc. The idea is to start making my own blades as well, so I figured I'd practice on what I had, before I go and ruin a perfectly good blade I spent a lot of time on with a crappy handle.
The fit around the bolster isn't that great, I wasn't paying attention, and got a little epoxy gap in there. Oh well, that's why I'm practicing on these blades to see if I like this handle design/shape.
So far I really like the shape of this one, it's real comfortable to hold, and I like the lines.
The Blade was a 4 3/8" Frosts blade that I shortened to 4" even, which allowed it to be a full tang.
The Handle is oak from a railing I saved from a demo job. Bolster is two thin pieces of aluminum sandwiching a red spacer. It also has an aluminum back bolster(I think they call it a pommel?). I used a pommel on this one because I wanted to try peening the end of the tang. Ya, that didn't work, so I just epoxied and sanded the tang flush with the pommel. The back of the wood right next to the pommel was torched. I really kinda like the effect that it gives, I should have done the same with the front. I also wanted to put an antler spacer behind the bolster, but I didn't have any suitable pieces.
Anyways, here she is:
I really like the wider blade on this one, and I'm really liking the shape of the handle as well. I think it is going to replace my old re-handle as my woods carry knife. Here is a fuzzy pic of both of them next to each other (You can kinda see the difference in blade width):
And while I'm showing off, here's a sneak peak at my current leather handle project. This one I'm planning on just making it a plain barrel shape, so the pommel was flat and the peening went a lot better on this one, as you can see. The blade was also shortened to allow for the full tang. 3.5" blade, and 4" handle.
that came out great...:thumbup: i like it... it looks very comfortable...