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Originally Posted by bower
Nice work with the knife handles, Worth.  I really like your rustic spoon too!  What kind of carving tools did you use for that? |
Thank you very much.
Homemade carving tools, I will save any piece of scrap I can get my hands on.
From wore out thread cutting dies to discarded files and drill bits, I pick everything up.
The spoon was gouged out with a wore out file I ground into a carving gouge and scraper.
Yesterday I went to Lowes first then Home Depot looking for knife rivets to no avail.
Since Lowes has nothing but POS Kobalt files that you need a special Kobalt handle for I left with nothing and went to the other place.
I ended up buying brass machine screws and nuts.
Then last night I had a brainstorm while in bed as to how to hide the ugly things.
It just so happens that 9MM Parabellum shell casing fits the holes I drilled perfectly.
There has been a ton of work on the handles since my last set of pictures and still more but it is getting there.
Worth