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Post: Work in Progress - Wa Handle (Topic#877098)

Marko
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Marko

Loc: Westchester, NY
Reg: 01-14-08

04-22-10 13:31.45 - Post#2115523

It has been a long time since I posted last wa handle I made. In the last two years, I made three handles that I liked and about a half a dozen that I didn't (discarded).

When I make a handle, I look for the following things in the final product - symmetry of the octagon and the knife has to sit straight (often not so visible on a D handle, but one can see it right away on an octagonal shape). When one of these is off, the whole project is failure. Sounds harsh, but that's how I do it.

So here is a product of three days of work, a best handle I have made so far. I have a number of handles in works, so this has given me a "second wind" to keep going ahead.

I still need to put a chamfer on the edge of the endcap and the ferrule edges, but I need a steady hand for that, so will have to do it tomorrow.

Handle material - ebony with a buffalo horn endcap and a ferrule and nickel silver spacer. Handle constructed using mortise and tenon principle.

Marko

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chazmtb
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Loc: Mouse Town
Reg: 11-14-07

04-22-10 13:35.18 - Post#2115528
In response to Marko

Very nice M.

markenki
Master Member KnifeNut!

Loc: Issaquah, WA
Reg: 11-01-09

04-22-10 13:38.00 - Post#2115532
In response to Marko

Looks great! It goes well with the blade, too.

nvllified
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Loc: Honolulu, Hawaii
Reg: 12-20-08

04-22-10 13:49.42 - Post#2115548
In response to markenki

It's beautiful!

Dillard
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Loc: Vero Beach, FL
Reg: 11-20-09

04-22-10 14:10.19 - Post#2115573
In response to nvllified

Very nice, a simple elegance about it.

Marko
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Marko

Loc: Westchester, NY
Reg: 01-14-08

04-22-10 14:10.36 - Post#2115574
In response to nvllified

Thanks guys. Here are a couple of more pics.

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chefjeff
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Loc: Ithaca NY
Reg: 10-13-04

04-22-10 14:42.35 - Post#2115595
In response to Marko

Amazing! What a beauty

Dave_Martell
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Loc: Fleetwood, PA - USA
Reg: 11-30-99

04-22-10 15:12.27 - Post#2115622
In response to Marko

Very nice handle Marko

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AdamM
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Reg: 05-18-08

04-22-10 18:29.45 - Post#2115749
In response to Marko

nice

When you taper the handle do you do it with a belt sander or saw?

Marko
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Marko

Loc: Westchester, NY
Reg: 01-14-08

04-22-10 18:35.47 - Post#2115755
In response to AdamM

I use a 6x48 belt sander. I typically square the pieces on a bandsaw, so I only have to remove 2-3mm on a sander to form a taper.

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