Show us your new handle

[trfrttf12]

New handle work by Carter Hopkins. I love the way it turned out.

[silylanjie]

Just made some handles for yanagiba

[Tostadas]

A couple handles I finished up for my cleavers.

Stabilized tasmanian blackwood and bog oak on a Matsubara




Stabilized maple burl and dyed maple for my Takeda

[jknife]

Very nice work. Your taste in cleavers isn’t bad either.

[Jeff B]

Both are very nice but that Maple Burl....

[taz575]

Maple Burl and Curly Koa (and now Acacia) are my 2 favorite woods! I find the Maple burls that are died darker don't show off the grain as nice, but a natural or light color stabilized wood really pops!

[Bob Z]

New duds for my Gihei tall petty. Its nice and beefy from Taz

[Jeff B]

Looks good Bob, Tim does some nice work.

[LarryAllDay]

My first encounter. First time I had trouble with a rehandle. I tried my usual method of submerging in simmering water(I literally sous vide it in a bag and all), it wouldn’t budge, I then tried knocking it off with a piece of 2x4 after another long soak, no luck, but I was determined to rehandle this bad boy. I hope I went about it the right way (the new handle feels great and secure), I dremel’d the handle right down the middle, then pry’d it off with a chisel and used same chisel to clean it up. I don’t think it was epoxy’d the glue was soft and flexible, however, it looks like this handle was also burnt in? Idk, either way this was a fun task!

[taz575]

Sometimes they use a white/light tan color silicon type caulk adhesive to attach the handles? It's springy, so when you whack it, it doesn't budge. It gets gummy when it gets heated up though. They may do the burn in, squirt some of the adhesive down the handle and then install. It will help seal the tang/handle junction to prevent water from coming in, but its a PITA to remove.

[knollbrent@me.com]

A couple handles I finished up for my cleavers.

Stabilized tasmanian blackwood and bog oak on a Matsubara




Stabilized maple burl and dyed maple for my Takeda

Bam!

[knollbrent@me.com]

First contribution to this thread! Matsubara back from Kaiso Knives with Maple and Horn handle

Beautiful wavy face and handle!

[knollbrent@me.com]

Honduran Rosewood Burl handle from Sugi Joe! Photo is crooked but pretty.

[knollbrent@me.com]

Katayama from CKTG. Figured mun ebony handle from Sugi Joe. Beautiful!!!

[Tostadas]

Stabilized walnut mono handle for my Chopper King

[knollbrent@me.com]

Stabilized walnut mono handle for my Chopper King

Sweet!

[trfrttf12]

I worked with Ben of Bensbites recently for some handle work. Really loved the communication with Ben throughout the process. I’m thrilled with the results.

[Kekoa]

Dang! Stellar handles for sure!

[Bob Z]

Wow love the yellow one!

[Kekoa]

What is the black one made of?