Tim, the middle part of the knife is reindeer antler. I would be about a 3 - 3.5 hour drive from you as I live near Rjukan.
I agree that stacked handles can be easier Jontok, but the example I posted with the reindeer antler was quite difficult. I had to work with the natural curve of the bone and using straight lines between the leather and aluminium spacers would have made the handle look strange. When i decided to curve those joins, I created a whole heap of problems because when I glued and clamped the handle, it would slide all over the place. It was nearly impossible to slide everything onto the blade's shaft and glue it like that because I had to do so much work with the reindeer horn.
Paul.
I agree that stacked handles can be easier Jontok, but the example I posted with the reindeer antler was quite difficult. I had to work with the natural curve of the bone and using straight lines between the leather and aluminium spacers would have made the handle look strange. When i decided to curve those joins, I created a whole heap of problems because when I glued and clamped the handle, it would slide all over the place. It was nearly impossible to slide everything onto the blade's shaft and glue it like that because I had to do so much work with the reindeer horn.
Paul.
I have one example of each strangely from really old knives where both had rusted around the metal inserts (pins rivets spacers etc) - clearly not looked after for decades and left in a wood shed so i kinda think of them as not 'real' knives if you follow me.
Sam - thanks for the comment, and nice knife (is the middle bone or antler?). Most of my blades come for your neck of the woods and i was at Seljure (sorry cant spell it propperly) a few years ago.
Im planning on being over there permanently soon. Dont suppose you club is near Tonsburg is it?
I only have poor quality pics but i may post them and see what the feedback is....
