Where to find affordable knife handle material?

[jmar595]

I am working on my first knife, and I am going to use elk cuts, but I have a skinner blade that I bought on ebay and need to find somewhere to find some wood for a handle.

 

[jmar595]

Also, would anyone know where to get refractory brick, I can't find any anywhere close, or satanite or similar. I am wanting to make a forge and can't find that stuff. If I can find that I will need to find an anvil also, anyone know where to get one of those?

 

[TekSec]

eBay is the way to go. Search on knife scales, you'll get a million hits! I buy most of mine on there. PM me if you need specific sellers.

Erik

 

[Kiwi303]

firewood pile is good if you won't need to be stabilising it. just chop and rasp to size, and after finishin guse linseed oil. makes a fine working knife handle

 

[GibsonFan]

Check Texas Knifemakers Supply, http://www.texasknife.com/store/s-pages/TKS_MainframeStore.htm

and Jantz Supply,
http://www.jantzsupply.com/

A local woodworking or furniture shop might let you have some oak or maple scraps.

 

[Barkes Knife Shop]

I am working on my first knife, and I am going to use elk cuts, but I have a skinner blade that I bought on ebay and need to find somewhere to find some wood for a handle.

Here check this link out and you may fine something to use on your knives. Hope this was of help to you http://search.ebay.com/knife-scales --------------:thumbup:

 

[MSCantrell]

I am working on my first knife, and I am going to use elk cuts, but I have a skinner blade that I bought on ebay and need to find somewhere to find some wood for a handle.

Depending on what you've got in mind for price range, you can get great slabs of wood on eBay, at the websites above, or you could hunt up some of your own. Here's an article I like a lot, and recommend often:

http://www.ragweedforge.com/wood.html

Good luck!
Mike

 

[Beile]

I didn't know it until I started making knives, I had one of these stores 5 miles from my house. They have good prices on wood and found some things cheaper than ebay. http://www.woodcraft.com/depts.aspx?DeptID=1038

 

[J.McDonald Knives]

i noticed no one mentions anything for the forge. Darren Ellis has great prices. just check out his site and give him a buzz to ask him for prices on smaller quantities of satanite. he has everything you need to build a forge. he also has quench oils. http://refractory.elliscustomknifeworks.com/ hope that helps.

 

[Patrickknives]

I am doing some utility knives for friends and I went to the hardware store and got 1/4" oak. Very nice stuff and cheap.

 

[jmar595]

Thank u all for the advise, I got some wood on ebay, thanks for the link Barkes. And thank everyone oelse for their links also, man, can't wait to get one finished.

 

[TJ Smith]

Try ebay for wood . Try burl or exotic wood or lumber Theres cords and cords of it around.
Where is close ?
Take Care
TJ

 

[SteelSlaver]

I get a lot of my wood from this place a pool cue builting supply

http://www.exoticwoodgroup.com/order_pool_cue_blanks.htm