Two Piece Wood Covers On A Buck 110

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Stumps

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I needed a little project to keep me busy for a couple days. :)
Gonna be busy for a while now, but I found a nice little project to fill in my spare time.
I had seen a video about a Swedish knife maker that put a one piece handle made up of two pieces of wood with a Micarta spacer on a fixed blade Puukko.
I got to thinking that might work on a Buck 110 if I just split the piece in half.
I'll make a number of posts since this is picture heavy.

Here is what I found laying around in my garage….a small piece of cherry from when an Ethan Allen factory closed in Vermont and an old Ash axe handle that broke off a vintage Snow and Neally Axe from Maine.




 
I sanded the two pieces of wood, then lightly glued them together and let it setup for a couple hours.





 
Then I cut out a little "S" design on a scroll saw and broke the glued pieces apart.
I fit opposite wood together. Only needed one of the two sets for this project.



 
Next I cut six red pieces of cloth and four white pieces for the separation of the wood.
Got some gloves and epoxy ready, then epoxied three red pieces of cloth, four white pieces and three more red pieces and put the wood together.





 
I clamped this mess together. :)
I put the clamped pieces in a vise to hold them overnight, then found a victim Buck 110 to use and got it ready.









 
The next step was to roughly trim the Micarta on the scroll saw.
I split the wood right down the middle to end up with a front and a rear cover.
I sanded the two covers on a belt sander and cut them close to the right size for the Buck 110.











 
The next step was to fit the covers to the Buck 110.
I cleaned up my surfaces of the knife and the covers, then epoxied them together and clamped for about eight hours.
It was ready to sand some more after that.
I was extra careful to line up the two sides as close to the same as possible. I found out later just how important that turned out to be.









 
Next was time to bring the covers closer to fitting the 110 by sanding with 80 grit.
I sanded with 220x next, then I think it was 320x, then 400X, then 600x and cleaned it up a little with 1200x.





 
I did a little online research and decided to use three or four coats of Danish oil to finish the covers with.

 
This is pretty much finished up.
I may come back later and brush on a little Poly coat.
Here's where you can see why it was so important to line up both sides as close to the same as I could.



















Thanks for looking!! :)
 
Mark that is one of the nicest 110 I have ever seen. I know it is just a hobby but you are an artist. If it ever goes to more than a hobby I would be you first customer, all I can picture is a 317 like that. You are truly a craftsman.
 
Well it only makes since that if you have skill with animal horn/bone you would at least have the same skill for wood or better! Like the others Stumps that turned out very nice!
 
Thanks for the comments everyone!!

I originally planned to pin the covers, but changed my mind when I saw what it looks like without them.
It well well prepped for a good epoxy bond, so it should last my lifetime anyway.
It was a fun project using scrap hardwood. :)
 
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