/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>1442020
Most ladies I've spoken too don't tend to worry much about the overall length, but they do tend to prefer the handle 'slimmer' across the spine as they can index it easier. Even if its got a bit of depth to it. Sort of a problem when a knife 'feels good' to me is usually because I'm a knuckle dragger with big ol ape hands, so I have to rein it in a bit when making things for other people of more normal proportions.

>>1442157
Most of the hard work is making sure the height between your bolsters and the handle is just enough to accommodate the thickness of the wire, so when its laid down it also has a nicer transition between the two and doesn't create a hot spot. Heck no one does it really anymore so its a little hard to find someone with practical experience to teach it either, I just sort of bumble through with trial and error... sort of sounds like most of my life there: a bumbling anachronism
The other handy thing was using some tiny little clamps to hold it in place while packing back down on the winds so they line up a bit better, I just used a relatively broad screwdriver to push the wires down as I went and of course an electric drill to pre-twist the wire before wrapping, so it's totally authentic like the old timey ways!

>>1442160
Years ago I made some tiny little hadseax's with 3" blades as sort of paring knives, they where pretty cute. I also intended to make something like the Honey Lane seax there for a while too, even had the metal bought and got started, but then dozens of other things seemed to pop up all at once to delay any further work and I either lost it or it ended up in the art bin