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The comittee knife part 2

Allright. So far we've decided on a design, and a grind.

Here's what we have so far:

I'll soon be setting a flat grind on that knife. What I need your input on now though is what kind of handle material it should have.

Basically almost anything is an option. But just to get the ball rolling I'll show some pictures of wood I have in stock:

On the left some pieces of Olivewood, on the right a very gnarly type of Oak that I got from a staircasemaker.

Next up a MASSIVE block of mahogany. Not the prettiest wood. But hardwearing nonetheless.

Also I've got some Spalted apple wood. This wood was dried and cut by a friend of mine from the states. If I use this I'll have to do some stabilising on it.

Also in need of stabilising would be these pieces of Sycamore and Spalted sycamore (pieces on the left) but the American Walnut (on the right) won't need stabilising.

btw, the checkering in the piece on the lefthand side is all natural. That's not dust or something.

Then here's an Ebony and "ivory" combination. The pale wood is very light maple. Extremely hardwearing but so light that it's almost like wooden ivory.

Here's a piece of Katalox with Sapwood:

And finally a piece of Black Palmwood:

.But I'll consider any suggestions, Giraffe bone, jigged bone, other stabilised burls/woods, stag, ivory (if I can garantuee a buyer and the ivory isn't too expensive), Micarta

No G-10 and no Carbon fibre though. I don't feel like getting dressed like this:

Just to put on some handle material.

So use your imagination....or just pick something from what I presented. As usual what gets the most support is what I'll end up doing.

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Comment by Alexander Noot on August 14, 2013 at 3:45: Peter, I am thinking no bolsters as they would complicate (and postpone) things a lot.

For one thing I don't have a lot of suitable bolster material in my stash at the moment. But I promise you won't be disappointed with the Gabon Ebony in as far as darkness goes. The stuff is so black and polishes out so nice that when I first used it people asked me if it was some kind of plastic.

Comment by peter force on August 14, 2013 at 3:32: MANX ..agree..i do love olivewood.. have very few knives with it.. i of course have never worked with it but i have read and heard its a pain.. but i dunno.

Comment by peter force on August 14, 2013 at 3:30: are you thinking no bolsters? im ivory all the way..i would go with the darkest buffalo you could find though over wood...IMO... .. and i actually dig ivars setup.. nice one!.. 3 very basic simple pins. also i would add notches where appropriate .. call it a day...LOL!.. NOOT!!!

Comment by Alexander Noot on August 14, 2013 at 2:37: I've had some for a while. And combined with the (almost) black very thin strip of Gabon Ebony I found in my stash it should make a nice combo. Still wondering if I should use Liners or not. It would only be my second time using liners. But the first time worked out fairly nice.

Comment by Steve Scheuerman (Manx) on August 14, 2013 at 2:25: Olivewood looks nice...

Comment by Alexander Noot on August 14, 2013 at 2:21: Also...I can't believe the word "tange" made it past my personal revision.....

Comment by Alexander Noot on August 10, 2013 at 12:05: Here's what I'm thinking so far.

Ebony

Olivewood

(blue liner?)

Tange

(blue liner)

Olivewood

Ebony

Let me know what you guys think?

Comment by Steve Scheuerman (Manx) on August 7, 2013 at 10:59: Gonna stick with a nice light coloured wood, Dark or black pins. Can hardly wait to see what you go with after your kitchen is done!

Comment by Alexander Noot on August 4, 2013 at 7:19: Soo...it's been a week. No new opinions on what to do for the handles?

Comment by Alexander Noot on July 24, 2013 at 14:20: Quick update, I've set the flat grind tonight. Here's a couple of pics. The progress pics can (from now on) be found in the album I've made for it. http://www.iknifecollector.com/photo/albums/comittee-knife-work-in-...

But here's a couple of pics of what that massively thick piece of steel looks like right now: