Cut the pins if needed.
How to make a knife handle easy. You should now be left with the blade and tang. Knife handles come with predrilled holes. You can buy a new blade to fit with the antler handle or you can use an old blade like this one i found while hunting in the rocky mountains. Cutting your pins to size.
Epoxy the blade. How to make knife handles preparing the base and materials wrap 3 layers of tape around the blade part of your knife. Find two 1 4 in 0 64 cm pieces of wood for the scales. Pask makes 355 924 views.
How to make a knife from a kit using simple tools easy project. Line your vise or clamps with plywood and plastic. Make a custom knife handle step 1. Measure the tang against the antler.
A 4 5 to 5 5 inch piece of antler preferably with burr attached. Check out this custom hand peened copper knife handle. Handle grinding tips. If it seems too long for the antler.
Preparing materials and cutting handle material to size. Making this custom hand peened copper handle is actually pretty easy. How to make a knife handle duration. Here s how to make your own personalized hunting knife.
Knife makers can use this process create unique knife scales from any hardwood log or piece of firewood. Once the copper is peened mark and cut out a piece for each half of the knife handle. Place the handle of the knife in a vice and work out the best way to remove. Epoxy the blade handle together.
Band saw or hack saw. File down the ends of the pins if needed. Dremel or rasp set. Start with a 1 8 sheet of copper and then with the ball end of a hammer start hammering.
Make a couple of cuts along the handle on both sides. Wood u make it 34 899 views. These wood knife scales are preserved and the worm holes filled with a colored epoxy.