Carving Knife Handle Ergonomics - Soulwood Creations (aka Peter Kovacs)

[@Zedoutdoors]

Watch part Two on making a knife handle - kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpO2aXqmmqpjh9k Check out Peter's custom carving knives - www.soulwoodcreations.com

[@brunovrancic8330]

Thank You Zed, You hit a bullseye, again. It's as important element for knives as steel, or grind that are all talking about.

[@Zedoutdoors]

Amen to that Bruno! ~Peace~

[@brycenew]

This is excellent!! Thanks to you both!

[@Zedoutdoors]

Thank you kindly Bryce! ~Peace~

[@geohiker9196]

Great content and interview. Thank you for your years of craftsman art interviews Zed!

[@Zedoutdoors]

A sincere thank you for the kind words my friend ~Peace~

[@fastfranki108]

Respect to Peter and Zed. I have only been carving for 18 months and I have only just summons the courage to attempt to carve and fit my own handle. Thank you Peter for you in depth knowledge and for sharing this knowledge. Zed, first class as always my friend ~Respect

[@Zedoutdoors]

Thats awesome to hear Glen and happy carving my friend! ~Peace~

[@MrBibobs]

Sounds logical and looks great! Cant wait for experimenting with it.🎉

[@Zedoutdoors]

Best of luck my friend ~Peace~

[@awildman]

Not hard to handle all of this great info! Ha! Thanks Zed for another great video. Looking forward to part two! :)

[@Zedoutdoors]

I see what you did there! ;) ~Peace~

[@ronmccarty7537]

Absolutely friggin awesome in every way

[@Zedoutdoors]

You the man Ron thank you ~Peace~

[@anthonypilato1470]

Another very good video by Zed. Peter explains calmly and with good detail his experience and results that work for him and can work for most of us. I've said it before, these chronicles of wood carving keep me interested and motivated. Pass on my thanks to Peter and thank you Zed. From the States, Anthony.

[@Zedoutdoors]

A sincere thank you for watching and for your kind words Anthony, stay blessed my man ~Peace~

[@joeschang28]

Thanks again Zed and Peter too

[@Zedoutdoors]

The Malaysian gangster, thank you brother ~Peace~

[@user-uw8qo7gs2r]

Nice video, thank you both for your time making it 👌

[@Zedoutdoors]

As always Maurice I sincerely appreciate your kind words and for watching, thank you ~Peace~

[@gellerthibacska1091]

Great Video! Now i can make a knife handle, thanks to you!

[@Zedoutdoors]

Best of luck and many thanks for the kind words! ~Peace~

[@willisgemutlich2608]

the pinky 1st and ring 2nd are supposed to be be the best for "gripping" so you're on to something with leaving bark on the butt end. I always like the slight groove for the safety of the first finger, as I want to keep that one too. glad to see you're posting again. keep 'em coming, I'll keep watching. random thought for you: I got a sailing sewing kit from my granddad, including a customized "sailor's palm" and a couple of weird extra pieces I didn't understand until I started DOING it, and realized they were little pieces of suede rings for my left thumb and forefinger tips to help pull the needle through. of course sometimes you need pliers but the point is maybe you should make yourself a thumb one for when you're pushing the back of the knife with the left thumb? (unless you're a lefty, then you know the drill, you switch everything). personally every time I have to prune my stone fruits I save anything handle size all the way down to needle files because bark just has a great grip, even better than antler, but I totally agree that facets make better grips, especially as he said when you are reversing it, push/pull grips. hope to see you again soon!

[@Zedoutdoors]

Appreciate you sharing your insights Willis and for watching! ~Peace~

[@NatureAndOther]

Great serie, very interesting and so well filmed

[@Zedoutdoors]

You are very kind Roni thank you ~Peace~

[@matthewking8307]

Great video per usual!

[@Zedoutdoors]

Thank you kindly Matt! ~Peace~

[@22busy43]

Great video. I recently picked up some blades from Josh at Green Haven Forge. I’m experimenting with making handles. I enjoyed the points about facets. I plan to get a spokeshave to work on that.

[@Zedoutdoors]

Very cool Josh's work is exquisite and Peter works with a lot of his blades too. The part two to this mini series shpuld hopefully guide you through Peters process on how to handle them optimally ~Peace~

[@22busy43]

@@Zedoutdoors I’m so looking forward to that.

[@PrepperGear]

Thank you, great video

[@Zedoutdoors]

Thank you kindly my friend ~Peace~

[@knownaigm]

Personally, for carving, I can't stand finger guards or fat handles because I find they both just make the tool feel more bulky and cumbersome than necessary... however, faceted handles were a total game changer for me! The first time I made a sloyd knife with faceted handles and started using it my first thought was "why aren't all sloyd knives like this?!?!?" It just gives you so much more control, less fatigue, and more power in rolling/scooping type cuts. As always, another great in-depth video and topic Zed!

[@Zedoutdoors]

Indeed, when it comes down to it it's all personal preference. There's no universal design that works for everyone and with experience you simply find what works for you. Sincerely apreciate you watching and for the kind words my friend ~Peace~

[@buckm1530]

Another great video Zed! Now if you'll excuse me I have a few handles to thin toward the blade. Kind of the missing link for me. I've had problems with tendinitis and figured out that a thicker handle helps. I put facets on all of my handles and now (hopefully the last refinement) I'm going to thin some out toward the blade and see how that works. Thanks for the info guys! Oh, and by the way Peter...when you are sitting facing the camera you look just like my brother when he was in his early twenties (a long, long, oh so long time ago) lol Thanks again.

[@Zedoutdoors]

Chuffed to hear this video helped in some way and the handle making tutorial (which will be out almost now) will hopefully help you refine your handle so it's optimal for your use ~Peace~

[@mtate02]

Hey ZedStar! Hope everything is cool with you mate! 👍💪💛

[@Zedoutdoors]

All is well here brother and hope all's well with you too ~Peace~

[@johnjude2685]

I'm building my own carving knifes and tools. I'm thinking like a wooden hammer handle best to be trimmed to fit the holder's hand. I'm over sizing my carving knives for myself and friends and believe everyone would best to fit their own. I'm sujusting for knife builders to over sizing their handles for at least part of their knifes as experienced carvers might be in the market for the hobbyists I also like the top of the handle to be square so I can aim the blade by filing the flat

[@Zedoutdoors]

Indeed it's all a personal preference, I agree that for beginners it's better to give them the finished handle, wheras the more experienced will typically adjust the handle to fit their needs ~Peace~

[@marsoelflaco5722]

Getting a grip with Zed! ✌🏽

[@Zedoutdoors]

#iseewhatyoudidthere ~Peace~

[@kristofferlieberman351]

Great video. Got me really inspired. Who is “Lee” that is mentioned? That Peter got inspiration from.

[@Zedoutdoors]

Thank you kindly, his full name is Lee Stoffer and is someone whom I've also filmed videos with on my channel, this is his website - stoffercraft.com

[@andrewzyazev9112]

it is precisely the comfortable handle that makes the tool good, all other things being equal, therefore, I have always made myself a tool myself, you can make any shape, size, look, it is not difficult, it takes quite a bit of time, but there is much more benefit from spending time)

[@Zedoutdoors]

Amen to that Andrew and many thanks for watching my friend~Peace~

[@БорисЛис-й8и]

Я выстругиал для себя много разных ручек для своих резьбовых ножей и инструментов и это , скажу я вам, занятие совершенно не из легких, кажется, что всё просто, но это совершенно не так ! К каждому ножу нужна своя ручка исходя из того для какой работы предназначен определенный нож , или маленький ножичек . Как он ляжет в ладонь ? " Приживется " ли он сразу ? Станет ли Продолжением Вашей Руки ?... это никогда не известно сразу... Поэтому всегда приходится потрудится над изготовлением такой в общем то несложной но такой важной составляющей твоего ножа, которым приходится работать многие часы. Я всегда исхожу из следующих критериев : ручка должна быть легкой и в тоже время прочной, ни в коем случае не лакированной ( только втертое масло, можно слегка обжечь ), тёплой, впитывать пот, не наминать ладонь и суставы и в итоге хорошая ручка должна стать продолжением вашей руки . Материал для ручек предпочитаю берёзу, липу, осину , иву , красное дерево мягких, пористых сортов . Всем удач на этом поприще . ✊🏻👋🙏

[@Zedoutdoors]

спасибо за просмотр и за добрые слова ~Peace~

[@misacraft3714]

Kovacs means a blacksmith in Hungarian. Nice carving knives :-)

[@Zedoutdoors]

I didn't know that so thank you for sharing! ~Peace~