Ok, please be gentle. This is my first ever woodworking project or handle. I am super pleased with the results. There's a small cavity in the wood I'm going to have to fill.
I have taken some beginning blacksmithing courses but broke my hand on Thanksgiving. Lost that momentum. I needed to wrap my head around handles eventually and I've always wanted to make something with wood. I got a cheap belt grind and got to work.
@ashy2classy had a big lot of wood for sale and I approached him about buying it all. He sent me a 35 lb. Box full of stabilized wood and spacer materials. There are some absolute stunning pieces of wood. After trying out on a test piece on some pine, I got the cheapest pieces of the bunch to make a handle. My stock handle on my Shindo was friction set, so I popped it off and made a handle for it.
I was originally going for an elongated octagon but I messed that up so ovalized rectangle it is. The weight worked out and I got it balanced at the pinch. It's far from great but isn't a bad first I think.
Claro walnut/spalted maple burl.
I have taken some beginning blacksmithing courses but broke my hand on Thanksgiving. Lost that momentum. I needed to wrap my head around handles eventually and I've always wanted to make something with wood. I got a cheap belt grind and got to work.
@ashy2classy had a big lot of wood for sale and I approached him about buying it all. He sent me a 35 lb. Box full of stabilized wood and spacer materials. There are some absolute stunning pieces of wood. After trying out on a test piece on some pine, I got the cheapest pieces of the bunch to make a handle. My stock handle on my Shindo was friction set, so I popped it off and made a handle for it.
I was originally going for an elongated octagon but I messed that up so ovalized rectangle it is. The weight worked out and I got it balanced at the pinch. It's far from great but isn't a bad first I think.
Claro walnut/spalted maple burl.