Last year for their Christmas presents, I told my sister's three boys (all in their 20s) to each pick a knife blank from TexasKnife.com (within reason, no $150 Damascus blades allowed), and I'd put handles on them. Well, it only took me half a year, but I got them done recently.
Here are the three blanks I started out with. One had the bolster already attached, but the other two I had to attach and shape the steel bolster as well as the wood grips...
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The oldest nephew chose the smallest of the knives. A little 7 1/2" bullnose skinner that ended up with desert ironwood scales...
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Middle son picked the big guy, a 9 3/4" drop point that now has black & white ebony scales...
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And the youngest one chose the guthook model, about 8 1/4" long with carob scales...
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All three boys are avid hunters and shooters, so I expect these knives to actually be used. I finished them with a few coats of BLO and 3-wheel buffing. They can renew the BLO pretty easily if needed in the future.
Comments and suggestions are welcome.