Anyone venture into making knife handles yet?, Lapidary Options

[EchoBravo]

Had an opportunity to buy a couple Damascus Chef knife blanks. That folded metal looks so cool, I figured I would try to make a knife handle for them out of stone. Unfortunately I do not have a saw big enough to cut some slabs of my own (someday). So I bought a real nice slab of Stone Canyon Jasper off of Etsy. Then attempted my first knife handles. Was a bit of a challenge with my machines but thought It turned out decent. Now to find the right slab for my second knife :^) (yes this was spurred on by that Forged in Fire show ha ha)

Knife came well oil & wrapped in plastic.



Stone Canyon Jasper.



Midway thru the process with temporary pins in the knife to steady the stones so I can monitor how close to the steel I was getting. A couple different angles.




Finished product with brass pins & tinted epoxy for seal/waterproofing handles to the steel (this is where I need a little more practice).

[Epadilly]

Had an opportunity to buy a couple Damascus Chef knife blanks. That folded metal looks so cool, I figured I would try to make a knife handle for them out of stone. Unfortunately I do not have a saw big enough to cut some slabs of my own (someday). So I bought a real nice slab of Stone Canyon Jasper off of Etsy. Then attempted my first knife handles. Was a bit of a challenge with my machines but thought It turned out decent. Now to find the right slab for my second knife :^) (yes this was spurred on by that Forged in Fire show ha ha)

Knife came well oil & wrapped in plastic.



Stone Canyon Jasper.



Midway thru the process with temporary pins in the knife to steady the stones so I can monitor how close to the steel I was getting. A couple different angles.




Finished product with brass pins & tinted epoxy for seal/waterproofing handles to the steel (this is where I need a little more practice).

I'm if anyone would be interested but I make blades, axe heads, spearpoint and arrowheads. If you find a piece of CCS (cryptocrystalline silicate) so jaspers, agates, flints, petrified/agatized wood,and cherts ect I will make your own Neolithic artifqct, the only thing I'd ask in return is some CCS material.

I have some nice mahoganythat I inlaywith hand beaten copper and silver bands. I secure it with brass and copper pins that I hand shaped and set.I was thinking about making somehandles from the heartwood of juniper. Its a freaking beautiful purple, I'd leave a bit of the white wood showing in random spots and seal it with some oil probably inlayit with copper and silver.