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Ed Weber WR Administrator WR Patron Offline Posts: 8,997 Wilton California USA Gender:	Knife handles Oct 20^th, 2022 at 7:09pm Do any of you guys/gals make knives? Specifically getting blanks and putting handles on them, not actually forging the steel.
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Re: Knife handles
Reply #1 - Oct 21^st, 2022 at 8:02am

I did a small knife from a Woodcraft blank, using Tulip wood. I turned out pretty nice. My brother in law made a leather sheath for it. I'll work on snapping a picture of it later, but it was just a matter of planing down the wood to the right thickness, and filing down the wood to get it to the right shape, final sanding, and finish. I made a gun grip the same way for a small .380 out of blood wood. That gun is long gone now, and I'm not sure if I have an image of that, but if I do, I can post that as well.

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Ron Sardo WR Administrator WR Patron Offline Chief cook and bottle washer Posts: 9,711 Drums Pennsylvania USA	Re: Knife handles Reply #2 - Oct 21^st, 2022 at 9:18am Funny this came up. My wife's favorite kitchen knife's plastic handle broke. I was thinking of trying to install a wood handle on it.
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Ed Weber WR Administrator WR Patron Offline Posts: 8,997 Wilton California USA Gender:	Re: Knife handles Reply #3 - Oct 21^st, 2022 at 10:29am I've made quite a few, I thought I would see if anyone else shared in making them. I'll post pics if anyone is interested.
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Bill Godber Full Member Offline WR Rocks! Posts: 62 New Westminster British Columbia Canada Gender:	Re: Knife handles Reply #4 - Oct 21^st, 2022 at 9:15pm I'd like to see the pictures
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Reply #5 - Oct 22^nd, 2022 at 11:26am

I did know a guy some years back that made and sold knife skins. His were 'stabilized' or they had that polymer resin all through them. Better for long term use. I have been thinking about making myself a Chinese 'Mulberry' style cleaver. It is for dicing and slicing, and not chopping through bones. Most in the stores around here are the standard cleavers. Might take an old hand saw and cut it up.....

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Ron Sardo WR Administrator WR Patron Offline Chief cook and bottle washer Posts: 9,711 Drums Pennsylvania USA	Re: Knife handles Reply #6 - Oct 22^nd, 2022 at 11:53am robo_hippy wrote on Oct 22^nd, 2022 at 11:26am: Chinese 'Mulberry' style cleaver Are you talking about a Chinese vegetable cleaver? The type with a very thin blade? They have them on Amazon. I have one, they are nice.
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Chris Brock Active Member Offline WR Rocks! Posts: 222 Phoenix Arizona USA Gender:	Re: Knife handles Reply #7 - Oct 22^nd, 2022 at 12:40pm A Nakiri? I have an inexpensive one I got on Amazon and love it, use it every day. Might be nice to have a hand made one, but my metalworking is pretty limited.
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Ed Weber WR Administrator WR Patron Offline Posts: 8,997 Wilton California USA Gender:	Re: Knife handles Reply #8 - Oct 22^nd, 2022 at 3:06pm This will take a few posts, so here goes These are a Tanto style kits
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Ed Weber WR Administrator WR Patron Offline Posts: 8,997 Wilton California USA Gender:	Re: Knife handles Reply #9 - Oct 22^nd, 2022 at 3:09pm A little variety, a skinner and a drop point or two
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Ed Weber WR Administrator WR Patron Offline Posts: 8,997 Wilton California USA Gender:	Re: Knife handles Reply #10 - Oct 22^nd, 2022 at 3:11pm Spear point
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Ed Weber WR Administrator WR Patron Offline Posts: 8,997 Wilton California USA Gender:	Re: Knife handles Reply #11 - Oct 22^nd, 2022 at 3:14pm Camping/hunting set
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Ed Weber WR Administrator WR Patron Offline Posts: 8,997 Wilton California USA Gender:	Re: Knife handles Reply #12 - Oct 22^nd, 2022 at 3:18pm I do have more, but you get the point. I will be turning oval shape handles for some hidden tang knives sometime soon, but I need to find the right pommels first. Thanks for looking
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Ron Sardo WR Administrator WR Patron Offline Chief cook and bottle washer Posts: 9,711 Drums Pennsylvania USA	Re: Knife handles Reply #13 - Oct 22^nd, 2022 at 3:55pm Really Nice
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Bill Godber Full Member Offline WR Rocks! Posts: 62 New Westminster British Columbia Canada Gender:	Re: Knife handles Reply #14 - Oct 23^rd, 2022 at 2:00am Please excuse my ignorance but how do you turn an oval handle?
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