Key to Candy Store

My first attempt at knife re-handle. Took a leap of faith to cut-up my trusty Triathlete I had been carrying for six years. Without a mentor it took more thinking than actual doing. Learned new skills and appreciation for those who do it for a living. I feel like I have been given the "key to the candy store" as I can now produce my own personal preferences. Of course I made a new JLL highrise sheath to go with it!

That's one heck of a 'first attempt'!!! Well done!

Well done! What type of wood did you use?

Stabilized bigleaf maple burl from Rockbswestern woods. Tung oil finish.

Awesome!

Fantastic classic!!

Great work, what kind of wood is that?

Well done! Leather and knife look great.
Walker

Thank you for the comments. Here was an o'sh_t moment. Just finished rough shaping and feeling good about the rounded butt cap. Then I looked at the guard and thought well now this is going to be interesting! Lots of room for error. You can take it off, but you can't put it back on.

Nice work!

First class work.

Great job!!! Awesome work!

Good skills; love the shape and the Tung-oil finish. Well done!

Tom Flynn

I like your statement "first try" That's a very impressive "first try" sir. Very well done! I especially like the peened butt cap.

Dan Snyder

Nice work.

New2Randalls (Dan). Thank you for your encouragement. Not peened. Actually an inverted acorn nut ground and polished.

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