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All my wood is for knife handles...until I found this forum...lol
No Lathe Handle Making WIP
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Ahh. I’m not sure what is used on the blocks. Danish oil maybe? I think that can make the wood hard as it turns in to a polymer.
I’m just assuming thats why it is harder than you are use too, it might be treated with something. Hope you wear a respirator while sanding.
Anyway it’s shaping up to be really nice.
I’m just assuming thats why it is harder than you are use too, it might be treated with something. Hope you wear a respirator while sanding.
Anyway it’s shaping up to be really nice.
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It was professionally stabilized at Knife and Gun...Blackwood...Snakewood and Arizona Ironwood are the only woods I will use that aren't Stabilized.
Stabilized! That’s the word I’m looking for. That means it was injected with resin. So it’s definitely harder than normal. Sounds like you know that though.
I betcha Knife & Gun can tell you what kind of wood it is since they stabilized it. I don’t see Tamarind on their website but I didn’t look too hard.
I betcha Knife & Gun can tell you what kind of wood it is since they stabilized it. I don’t see Tamarind on their website but I didn’t look too hard.
Thanks for sharing your process with us. I was wondering how you made those handles. Great job.
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I didn't purchase from them...They do a majority of wood stabilizing for wood Purveyors in the knife community.
Looks pretty similar to this one maybe?
You are SO dumb! WIP means "We Include Pictures!" Even I KNEW that, and I am nearly computer illiterate!
It surely looks like spalted Tamarind.
It was great seeing the different steps of the process. You are quite talented, thank you for sharing.
Beautiful. I'm very curious how that belt sander gave you a concave shape on the wood (posts 5&6).
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An 8" Contact wheel
So today I finished this guy. This was my first attempt at making a handle and setting a knot. It’s layered g-10 and a 30mm sinbad knot from APShave co. Don’t have a lathe so I shaped it freehand with a 2”x72” belt sander similar to the op. Can’t wait to test it out!
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Beautiful!
So today I finished this guy. This was my first attempt at making a handle and setting a knot. It’s layered g-10 and a 30mm sinbad knot from APShave co. Don’t have a lathe so I shaped it freehand with a 2”x72” belt sander similar to the op. Can’t wait to test it out!
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So today I finished this guy. This was my first attempt at making a handle and setting a knot. It’s layered g-10 and a 30mm sinbad knot from APShave co. Don’t have a lathe so I shaped it freehand with a 2”x72” belt sander similar to the op. Can’t wait to test it out!
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That looks great. You should start a separate thread to show it off. I think more people would see it that way.
