Work in progress March 22nd-completed

Bensbites · Post by **Bensbites** » Thu Mar 23, 2017 9:26 pm

What do you folks think of these ?

Let's play guess the woods...

ckreef · Post by **ckreef** » Fri Mar 24, 2017 3:43 am

The first 3 in the picture should be really interesting. Can't wait to see more progress.

Bensbites · Post by **Bensbites** » Fri Mar 24, 2017 7:46 am

Agreed. If life goes according to plan, they will be finished tonight. Maybe even posted as for sale.

Frankkj · Post by **Frankkj** » Fri Mar 24, 2017 8:04 am

WOW! That looks like some good lookin' handles coming on.
Frank K

Bensbites · Post by **Bensbites** » Fri Mar 24, 2017 8:10 am

Thank you Frank.

pd7077 · Post by **pd7077** » Fri Mar 24, 2017 4:36 pm

Interested to see how #1-3 turn out as well. Nice work!

Bensbites · Post by **Bensbites** » Fri Mar 24, 2017 5:00 pm

pd7077 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 24, 2017 4:36 pm Interested to see how #1-3 turn out as well. Nice work!

Thank you. If all goes according to plan it they should be done tonight.

milkbaby · Post by **milkbaby** » Fri Mar 24, 2017 5:29 pm

These look nice as usual! Are these for Mark or etsy?

Guessing:
Looks like oak and maple laminates on the top few, did you laminate them yourself?

Looks like African blackwood ferrules and end caps with maple or black walnut spacers on a lot of these?

The bottom three look like osage orange, purpleheart, and marblewood to me.

Willison_Knives · Post by **Willison_Knives** » Fri Mar 24, 2017 5:41 pm

i should get you to make handles for my knives sometime. would be an awesome collaboration! do you make sayas to match at all?

ckreef · Post by **ckreef** » Fri Mar 24, 2017 6:26 pm

The bottom handle body is olivewood?

Bensbites · Post by **Bensbites** » Fri Mar 24, 2017 7:22 pm

milkbaby wrote: ↑Fri Mar 24, 2017 5:29 pm These look nice as usual! Are these for Mark or etsy?

Guessing:
Looks like oak and maple laminates on the top few, did you laminate them yourself?

Looks like African blackwood ferrules and end caps with maple or black walnut spacers on a lot of these?

The bottom three look like osage orange, purpleheart, and marblewood to me.

Thanks for the kind words. This batch of handles has no home yet... Etsy, this forum, ect...

I will provide details on the handles soon, you are pretty close...

Bensbites · Post by **Bensbites** » Fri Mar 24, 2017 7:24 pm

Willison_Knives wrote: ↑Fri Mar 24, 2017 5:41 pm i should get you to make handles for my knives sometime. would be an awesome collaboration! do you make sayas to match at all?

Definitely interested in a collaboration, let me know what you are thinking.

Bensbites · Post by **Bensbites** » Fri Mar 24, 2017 11:26 pm

These are done! There are some minor flaws in the laminated series, so I am debating if they will go up for sale. I really like them and am looking forward to repeating those handles, I think they are ready for production mode.

The Purpleheart, Olivewood and Osage Orange (Argentine) pass my QC and will be for sale.

More pict to come when it is not 1230 am and I have been going since 7 am...

Bensbites · Post by **Bensbites** » Sun Mar 26, 2017 9:43 pm

OK, I have overcome a few technical problems, my problem not yours.

Here are a couple pictures of each handle completed. The purpleheart, osage orange and olivewood handles are for sale on my Esty store. The laminated wood handles were not perfect, If anyone is interested in them please contact me for the next production run of for details of the "seconds".

Enjoy the photos.

E Indian Rosewood / Cherry / Maple - Laminated

African Blackwood / Walnut / Cherry - Twisted Laminated

African Blackwood / Flaming Birch / Purpleheart

African Blackwood / Flaming Birch / Osage Orange (Arg)

Bolivian Rosewood / Walnut / Olivewood

Willison_Knives · Post by **Willison_Knives** » Tue Mar 28, 2017 9:21 am

:O damn those are awesome!

milkbaby · Post by **milkbaby** » Wed Mar 29, 2017 7:06 pm

Nice work, Ben!

This whole handle making thing seems to have escalated quickly, LOL!

ckreef · Post by **ckreef** » Wed Mar 29, 2017 7:17 pm

Looks good. I really like the hard fat grain of olivewood.

Bensbites · Post by **Bensbites** » Wed Mar 29, 2017 7:18 pm

milkbaby wrote: ↑Wed Mar 29, 2017 7:06 pm Nice work, Ben!

This whole handle making thing seems to have escalated quickly, LOL!

Yes it has! It started when @CKReef reached out to me on a BBQ forum we are on together and asked me to make him one. When I posted the "practice handle" and I think you suggested opening the Esty store (done), ask Mark for a subforum(done), Facebook page (need to convert form food blog content to woodworking). Now Mark has started to put the first (of many hopefully) CKTG order on some Konos. Boy they sold fast, but they were Konos.

Now I am working on stocking the Etsy store. A blade/handle trade with Williston knives, and CKreef and I are collaborating on some projects that will require stabilized wood.

To some extent I prefer the woodworking to sleep...

Bensbites · Post by **Bensbites** » Wed Mar 29, 2017 7:20 pm

ckreef wrote: ↑Wed Mar 29, 2017 7:17 pm Looks good. I really like the hard fat grain of olivewood.

Yes. We have to get you some of that to stabilize! I am almost out, I have enough for a ferrule or two....

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