# 10

Made a sheath and didn't have knife to fit it. So I had this Camillus kit knife laying around and decided to put Bolivian Rosewood handle on it and tried Tru-Oil gunstock finish for the first time.

#9 New Materials and Recycled Burl

Came out OK. Some flaws. A few problems with lining up the spacers and getting the scales to fit against the guard. First time working with this blue synthetic turquoise. And kind of cheesed the finish on the brass guard so tried stippling it... hmmm.

Recycling wood...

Bought this little burled Maple(?) birdhouse for $2 at the Goodwill store. It's on its way to becoming knife handles...

Almost Finished

Purpleheart handle scales and brass pins.

Recycling Project

Picked up a couple of old Chicago Cutlery filet and kitchen knives at the thrift store. Putting a new handle on one of them.

No 8 - A Little Mother's Day Gift

Recycled Rapala Filet Knife

Another Knife - #6

I suppose visitors can learn a lot about a household by noticing what reading material is kept on hand for prolonged bathroom visits... What's in YOUR basket?

New Hobby

So, I've recently taken up a new hobby - Knifemaking. Or rather knife-handling, as I buy premade knife blades and add handles to them. Everybody says, are you gonna sell them? We'll see. I think they need to be a lot more creative and unique to get enough out of them to cover my time and materials. For now it's fun. And they make great Christmas presents!

Some examples...