Knife Making With Wood and Brass Handle

In this instructable we're tackling the task of making a knife, or more appropriately a knife handle. Even though a lot of the hardware can be bought ready made in this indstructable we're making all parts of the knife, except for the knife blade, from scratch using stock wood and metal material.

For this instructable you'll need:

Materials

Knife blade
Wood, in this case we're using walnut as the main wood and briar as an accent wood
Brass
Mineral oil
Epoxy glue, slow curing is to be preferred

Tools

Bandsaw
Belt and drum sander (or files/sandpaper)
Drill press, and a milling machine can be useful, though not required
Files
Sandpaper
Buffing compound and a Dremel buffing wheel


Hope you enjoy the video, and keep updated by subscribing. There will be another instructable in about a week on how to make the knife gluing clamp as featured in the video.

Thanks for viewing!

Comments

[goodphysics]

What a sweeeeeet knife. I've done a few with just wood...but the brass really adds to the knife. Thanks for posting! Well done.

[savageeuge]

where did you buy the knife blade

[Switch and Lever]

I've had it some time, so I can't quite remember. It's a very generic knife blade though, so you should be able to find ones similar at most places which carry knife making material.

[Danger is my middle name]

Beautiful job!

[Switch and Lever]

Thank you!

[Nacho Drew]

Great work Switch and Lever, this is the most in-depth tutorial I've even seen on this style of knife. Although I'm uncertain where you did your work, because I think I may have seen another person in one of the shots.

[Switch and Lever]

The work is done where the videos for most my instructables have been shot, in the workshop of Umeå Institute of Design in Sweden, so it's natural that sometimes there will be other people in the shots.

[Ian74]

what video?

[Switch and Lever]

The video is embedded at the top of the instructable.