To make an original homemade knife handle for a knife, the author uses two wooden planks of different colors. This can be, for example, hornbeam and wenge, ash and mahogany, oak and birch, etc.
The size of the slats themselves is selected, depending on the length and width of the kitchen knife. First of all, strips of different colors need to be connected to each other with a strip of double-sided tape.
Next, the resulting bar must be sawn on a tape or pendulum saw in three parts. And you need to cut along.
The main stages of work
At the next stage, double-sided tape must be removed, and two blanks must be assembled from the strips. In the first blank there are two dark bars and one light, in the second - on the contrary: two light and one dark. Which color does not matter. The main thing is to have a contrast.
Then you need to glue three strips together. After the glue has dried, two workpieces must be processed: remove excess dried glue and level the plane with a chisel.
Then they need to be reconnected using double-sided tape, and sawed lengthwise into three parts.
At the last stage, of all the blanks, the author glues one bar, which then needs to be cut into two halves. These will be two parts of the handle.
Well, then with the help of a chisel we make a recess under the shank of the knife, and glue everything together on epoxy. The handle must be covered with mineral oil.
For details on how to make an original home-made handle for a kitchen knife with your own hands, see this video.
