Making a handle for a geometric chip carving knife

Tools and materials I recommend:

Spoon carving tool set

Beavercraft amazon store

Circular saw

Table saw

Jointer planer

Bandsaw

Chisel set

Spoke shave

Flat file

Mineral oil

5 minute epoxy

In this video I show you how to make a handle for a chip carving knife. I made it out of beech wood which is pretty hard. I want to thank https://beavercrafttools.com/ company, who was kind enough to send me the blade of this knife. 

The blade used in the video is this: https://tinyurl.com/yab8dffo

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The project begun with a piece of beech from the lumber yard. 

I first squared the piece on the planer/jointer and the table saw. I then cut two identical pieces for the handle on the table saw. 

Next I used the blade as a guide to mark the groove I wanted to carve in the handle blanks. 

I used a chisel to make my stop cuts and then I carefully carved the wood out. Three carving passes were enough.

Once I achieved a nice fit. I used masking tape to protect the blade’s edge from the glue. Then I glued the parts together, using 5 minute epoxy. 

I used a file and a chisel to flatten all the sides and remove the excess glue. 

I used my spoon carving knife as a guide to mark the shape of my handle. Then I roughly cut it on the bandsaw. 

I used a spokeshave to get rid of the saw marks. 

Then I used I used the spoke shave again to create the round overs of the handle. You can do that with a knife as well. Then I used a file to finish shaping. I used a small carving knife as well to round over the top and bottom edges of the handle. 

I sanded my handle from 100, 220, 320 and 400grit. Finally I polished it with steel wool and then added a coat of mineral oil. 

Geometric chip carving is really fun to do. I really enjoyed practising it. I am really happy with the way my little handle came out.

But that was it, see you soon with a new project video.

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