poured bolsters?

[bobbywett]

Does anyone have a tutorial about traditional poured bolsters?

Thanks,

Bob

 

[Wild Rose]

here ya go courtesy of W. Ben Hunt
http://www.wrtcleather.com/1-ckd/tutorials/_pewter.html

- rather than brown paper bags I use manila file folders - you can also make blind pours (a wrap around "inlay" for instance), by wrapping tightly, cutting a hole in the wrap, and taping a file folder "funnel" to the piece....

here's an example of both a blind pour (the ferrule behind the guard) and an oprn pour (the buttcap)...

 

[bobbywett]

Thanks for the tutorial and pics of your work, beautiful craftmanship on your knives!

Bob