My first knife handles

NRG fully equipped rock polisher Member since February 2018 Posts: 1,688	My first knife handles Jun 15, 2019 7:06:48 GMT -5 via mobile mgrets likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by NRG on Jun 15, 2019 7:06:48 GMT -5 Love the knife. Did you shape the steel too?

adrian65 Cave Dweller Arch to golden memories and to great friends. Member since February 2007 Posts: 10,792	My first knife handles Jun 15, 2019 11:42:00 GMT -5 mgrets likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by adrian65 on Jun 15, 2019 11:42:00 GMT -5 Great job, beautiful stone and very precisse work. Adrian
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Jun 15, 2019 7:05:52 GMT -5 NRG said:

Jun 4, 2019 22:21:40 GMT -5 Garage Rocker said:

I am very impressed with this! You knocked it out of the park, it's a beautiful knife. You'll have to share how you put this all together. I see from your comments you did a lot of hand shaping/polishing.? Of all the applications for shaped and polished stone I've seen on the forum, this is the most intriguing to me.
We aren't big jewelry people in this house. I handed my wedding band to my wife before my surgery and it was 2 1/2 weeks before someone else noticed I didn't have it on. The wife wears her wedding band and earrings, just not the 'dangly type'. But I do like my knives. This might be where I focus any future time/effort, outside of tumbling.
Thanks for sharing, you've inspired me to possibly think about trying to consider this.

I came here to make knives. Still haven't made one. But they aren't forgotten.

Haha, I joined here to learn a little bit about tumbling to help my son use his two pound rotary tumbler. Now I am drowning in rocks, there is a constant hum from all of the tumblers in the basement, I read as much as I can about cabbing (so you know where that is leading to), I am building a dedicated workspace for this hobby, I read every post on the forum as I find all of this so interesting.........

It would actually be a little scary if we were not having so much fun.

Al

Rockindad(Al), enjoying the hobby with my son.

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Post by mgrets on Jun 15, 2019 16:05:30 GMT -5

Thanks to all for the compliments! I got all my tips for making knife handles by sifting through the old threads on RTH. I bought the steel blank from one of the many internet sources ( Premium Knife Supply) and the handles are Eagle Mountain onyx I cut from a large block of rough. I was tempted to buy tools and make a sheath, too, but was deterred by the cost. I reconsidered after the encouragement from NDK and the tools are in the mail

mgrets spending too much on rocks Member since February 2011 Posts: 321	My first knife handles Jun 15, 2019 18:42:39 GMT -5 adrian65 likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by mgrets on Jun 15, 2019 18:42:39 GMT -5 Jun 15, 2019 11:42:00 GMT -5 adrian65 said: Great job, beautiful stone and very precisse work. Adrian This is high praise, indeed, coming from a master knifemaker! I humbly thank you

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