How To Make Your Own Wooden Knife Handle
Two pieces of scrap wood I used Coffee Wood for the blade Canary Wood for the scales Wood Glue I used TiteBond II Gator Finishes Sanding Sponges grits 80 120 180 220 320 400 Walrus Oil Food Safe Cutting Board Oil.
How to make your own wooden knife handle. Combine the mayonnaise lemon juice and olive oil in a small bowl. I usually use one tablespoon of each ingredient but you can make any size batch you need. Using a clamp to hold them there use the original bolts to connect the new scales to the handle.
How to make knife handles or scales from firewood. Then push the pins through the drilled holes to bring the wood and metal into place. Right Make sure the handle backs and blade blank are extremely flat and smooth.
Left Rough shape the handle using a wood rasp or belt sander and mark the bolsters then remove the handles and cut them to outline and shape them. Just remember to use equal parts of each ingredient. The 16 projects cover all the styles youll need from a simple folding knife and kitchen paring knife to an Alaskan Ulu and hatchet.
Draw a profile of the handle on the flat surface. All you need is this book and the knife kit of your choice. Once all the layers have been epoxied take two clamps and clamp the knife handle together.
Dip the corner of a rag in the mixture and rub it into the dry wood massaging it in and wiping it around as you go. Check out this short video and see how we took a piece of firewood and transformed it into beautiful knife. With simple construction techniques Make Your Own Knife Handles covers all the basics of selecting the wood prepping it for your blade and how to assemble the knife.
Use the draw knife and cut down to the profile you drew. With a little very little bit of woodmetal glue on the back of the handles set them in place. Make Your Own Wooden Knife.
