My first knife rehandling

[kimbo]

Hi Guys

Here, in all it's glory, is my first attempt at re-handling a knife - in this case a Bernie Garland bushcrafter. I know it's a long way from perfect but I'm chuffed as it turned out quite nice and fits my big hands just right. Any hints or suggestions gratefully accepted.

[sapper1]

Lovely job there,but why did you put a new handle on it?

[Dougster]

Erm, no suggestions. You done good there. Well done.

Bernie sells blade blanks, maybe why.

[sapper1]

I just wondered why RE_handling, probably me being pedantic. Still a cracking job though.

[kimbo]

Thanks both of you. The reason was, I'd had a few conversations with Bernie and he made the knife exactly the way I wanted it..........but I never told him I had bloody big hands and preferred a bigger handle on my knives. Stupid oversight on my behalf. I definately wanted it as a user, as it's soooo good, so I thought I'd try and rehandle it myself and if it all went pear shaped I'd send it back to him.

[Mesquite]

Very nice neat job Kimbo. I like the wood as well :)

[Shewie]

Nice job Kimbo, what timber did you use ?

[Peter_t]

I know it's a long way from perfect

it looks perfect to me:)
btw how do you find the curved blade compared to a strait one?

pete

[kimbo]

To be honest Shewie I've absolutely no idea!!!! haha. I ordered some ebony from a guy on ebay and waited a week or so for it to get to me, when it didn't the guy kindly sent me 2 different sets of scales as a replacement. When I asked him what they were, a week later, he said he'd forgot what he had sent out. I love the patterns in it myself and hoped someone on here could shed some light as to what it was for me.

[bushwacker bob]

Looks like aboinya burl.
Have you given it a final sanding? I'd suggest very fine steel wool or 1200g sandpaper or micromesh and then a coulple of coats of danish oil.
Very good job.

[kimbo]

Thanks everyone.

Cheers Bob, it's nice to know what it might be as I really do like the wood. I had sanded it down using 600 grit I think and then a couple of coats of Danish oil but I think you're right it does need some more finishing.

[kimbo]

it looks perfect to me:)
btw how do you find the curved blade compared to a strait one?

pete

Thanks Pete,

It was the looks of the knife, in particular the belly, that drew me to it in the first place - I just thought it looked beautiful. I have found it to be an excellent user and more than capable of doing anything I needed it to. It's just what I want from a knife - and it even fits my hand nicely! haha

Cheers

[brancho]

Good job on the handle.:D

Only suggestion would be to take photos outdoors in daylight to improve the detail shown as flash is terrible.

[seved]

Looks realy nice:D. The wood looks realy nice to.

Seved

[mick spain]

Lovely job you have made of that:)