As some of you know, I took a knife making class in March. We only had time to make the blade, so I brought the blade home with the intention of making the handle here. I have finally finished making the handles, and the knife is finished. I am happy with the way it turned out, but it could have been better. The good news is that I learned a lot which will hopefully make future knives better. The blank we were given in the class was not really long enough, so I had a choice of making the blade too short, or the handle too short. I chose to make the blade too short.
The wood parts of a full tang knife are called scales - one on either side. I used Bubinga and a wood similar to walnut whose name I have forgotten during the last 35 + years. First, I cut the scale parts a bit over-sized.
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Then I glued each set together like this.
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And here is one side clamped.
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And here are two shots of the finished knife.
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The wood parts of a full tang knife are called scales - one on either side. I used Bubinga and a wood similar to walnut whose name I have forgotten during the last 35 + years. First, I cut the scale parts a bit over-sized.
Then I glued each set together like this.
And here is one side clamped.
And here are two shots of the finished knife.
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