Non-Pipe, 1st try at a 3/4 tang knife

[Crafty]

Soooo, I've done my chefs knife set for my kitchen using scales and rivets but I found a local maker of Damascus style steel blades and wanted to try my hand at a tang handle blade. Be gentle, this is my first try with this type of handle.  :lol:  I used Antler at the ends with ebony slices and kingwood in the middles. I will say it fits the hand rather nicely!

pieces and parts,


rough assembly,


Shaped and Polished!

 

[RDPipes]

Looks pretty dadburn good to me sir.

 

[Brewdude]

I'm no knife guy but that looks pretty dang good to me. Love the handle treatment with the antler horn ends.

:cheers:



Cheers,

RR

 

[DWT]

Impressive. How is the tang secured to the handle?

 

[Crafty]

Thanks all.

All of the pieces are mortised out to fit the tang, not so tight that you have to force it down with hammer but a snug fit. The first piece of antler did get tamped down then used a gap filling CA for the first piece, the rest get a liberal coating of 30 minute epoxy. A light clamp pressure to hold everything in place then cross your fingers! If you clamp it too tight you will squeeze out to much epoxy and weaken the joint. I also used a rough sandpaper to give the tang a bit of something for the glue to hold onto.

 

[Bobostro61]

Pretty damn cool knife there. Better than I would ever do on a first try at a knife. The metal for the blade is awesome. Where do you get steel like that?

Again, nice work and very impressive.

Bob

 

[Crafty]

google - Alabama Damascus Steel for the blades

 

[i.keenum]

Nice knife! Have seen the alabama damascus blanks online and looked into those guys. Cool guys one of the only places you can get USA made damascus blanks for a reasonable price.