Making a knife handle from stacked leather duration.
How to make stacked leather knife handle. 35x35 mm 1 4x1 4 inches. This a brief tutorial on how i make a leather stacked handle seen on many classic knives. The number you need depends on the thickness of the leather and the length of you handle. Thank you allan for your part of making this knife.
It s the type leather used for making shoe soles. This will account for compression and the inevitable mistakes. Making a knife handle from stacked. This not only makes the toughest handle but being compressed with special oils and waxes applied the leather is more water resistant.
How to make a leather handle for a knife. Depending on the width of your handle you will cut the leather into squares of approx. We had tens and tens of emails with allan and me and finally the puukko knife was ready. You can also drill it but that will take ages.
Make enough leather pieces to make a stack a couple of inches longer than the knife tang. Making a leather handle for a knife is a classic. Here is a short video on how we pulled off this rustic piece. I have now made maybe four leather handle custom.
Test fit the pieces on the tang to see if they re consistent.