Wenge handles

[Pie]

They look pretty cool but do those huge pores bother anyone else?

I don’t soak my handles but they do get wet sometimes, and I’m getting some… spiky bits? You know, when wood gets wet it does that soak/expand/swell thing. Also raw meat juice etc kinda gives me pause.

Maybe it’s time to explore fillers..

 

[Matt Jacobs]

I hate them. Maybe I have never had a good one but I like to wash my knives and handles when I get them and then I do an Axe Wax application. When I wash the Wenge handles all those pores open up and look terrible. To go a step further when they are polished they look like cheap plastic to me. Sorry for Wenge handle lovers but "Death to Wenge handles!!!!!"

 

[M1k3]

Love mine!

Never had an issue with anything getting stuck in the pores.

 

[Corradobrit1]

They look pretty cool but do those huge pores bother anyone else?

I don’t soak my handles but they do get wet sometimes, and I’m getting some… spiky bits? You know, when wood gets wet it does that soak/expand/swell thing. Also raw meat juice etc kinda gives me pause.

Maybe it’s time to explore fillers..

I guess you've never seen or handled a burnt chestnut handle. Huge cavities and crevices.
As for Wenge, it's a bit blah IMO. I prefer the chestnut, bog oak or burnt oak. I did like the Catcheside's earlier handles where he impregnated the Wenge with copper. Not sure how durable it would be but looked great in pics.