knife progress

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Changed my mind and I use a random wood of wild cherry for handle.

I'm also impregnating it with kitchenware. I'm using mix of acetone and thinned resin. So it enters the wood.

I don't want to waste pear wood on this shit.

 

[porco-dddio]

Takes 3 days bcause im using slow curing epoxy so each part of the handle requires 1 day to cure. For sheath I can use some leather and a clip. I already done one with 3D printer, hope is doable with wood as well

 

[porco-dddio]

For sheath i want to use leather + wood.

This retention mechanism I made is excellent and tunable. Basically here I 3D printed it, but I want to replicate this design with wood.

How it works is simple, there is a clip of plastic that locks on the handle feature. Ive been using it since a while and its basically perfect. Will try to make it with wood this time, and sewing the leather on the wood holes.

In a nutshell I have to prepare a wood insert and have a piece of leather. Right now I have no leather so I have to order it on the internet. It works better than other knife sheaths I seen around. Its also relatively easy to do.

 

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Done some vacuum impreg with some pigment and some mix of oils and i leave ti there to cure for a while. For now is done.

Obvsly finishing process takes long. For the sheath I will do it next month when I order some things on the internet. I do also other knives bcause I ordered some blades.