/diy/ - Do It Yourself

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What type of timber is it? The paler one is quite an interesting grain

Finished one of my A2's from earlier, rather than fucking around with wood, the handle is just some G10 shaped to suit and then wrapped with SS wire twisted up, then a thin coating of epoxy + black dye before light sanding and polishing. Found that seals up any ingress of food shmoo or liquid getting between the wires.
Its been a while since I've done this, normally something I do on the odd hunting knife but think it'll make for an interesting chef's knife. Handle isn't abrasive at all but gives a nice grip when wet or slimy. Blade turned out screaming sharp and wasn't too hard to get there, just put an acid finish with a little bit of cold blue over the top, light polish and called it done.

Its a "freebie" for a relative that's going to be beating on it a lot, so they just get the basics :)