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cool, can you give steps on making handle want to replace a shitty plastic one with some found wood but not sure on where to start
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In the past I've made mocks out of foam to get a shape that feels right and used that to trace.
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The knife is full tang, so it just has two bits of roughly the right size bits of wood glued to it.
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Once the glue (ordinary araldite) has set I just filed it to shape, first with a rasp, then a file, then with increasingly fine abrasive paper, 60 grit to 180 grit.
CYOA
adroit
I just made a kitchen knife out of an old saw and some oak floor board off cuts