Make Wood Knife Scales // (Ep. 73)

In this episode I show how I made wood handles for a spear point knife kit I purchased from Woodcraft. I used Pau Ferro, a Brazilian hardwood, for the scales. I shaped the scales to fit my hand comfortably using a pair of rasps and finished the surface with Danish Oil rubbed out with 0000 steel wool.
The next step in this project is to make a sheath for it. Stay tuned for a video on that process.
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In this episode I show how I made wood handles for a spear point knife kit I purchased from Woodcraft. I used Pau Ferro, a Brazilian hardwood, for the scales. I shaped the scales to fit my hand comfortably using a pair of rasps and finished the surface with Danish Oil rubbed out with 0000 steel wool.
The next step in this project is to make a sheath for it. Stay tuned for a video on that process.

[@JerryTraegerSmoker]

nice profiles on the handles

[@SeanRubino]

+Jerry Andersen thanks, Jerry.

[@tooljunkie555]

That looks awesome Sean I've been wanting to make a knife for quite some time now think I might make a Spearhead I like the style of the blade as always good stuff great video have a good one bro

[@SeanRubino]

+Joe basement woodworking thanks, Joe! Wait until they go on sale at Woodcraft. You can get them for less than $10.

[@JedidiahShultzIrishCraftsman]

Super cool Sean!!👊👊 that is one sweet looking blade brother!😊💪🏻

[@SeanRubino]

+Irish Craftsman thanks, Jedidiah! I feel the blade making bug biting me.

[@JedidiahShultzIrishCraftsman]

Sean Rubino 😂🤣 it can be quite the contagious little parasite lol! 😉😊👊

[@jonathanbastos1384]

Very cool pity that here in Brazil not only found the blade of the knife to buy we have to do it but your knife was very cool congratulations hug.

[@SeanRubino]

+JONATHAN BASTOS thanks, Jonathan. You have to forge your own knives?

[@jonathanbastos1384]

We cut from blades of circular saws after seasoning with torch and oil is also very good valeu hug.

[@bluenote6519]

Thanks, your video def shortcut my learning curve on a couple of things

[@SeanRubino]

Great! Thanks for watching.

[@kle2217]

I just purchased this knife kit from Woodcraft. Do you need the screw rivets, or can you just epoxy the scales in place? I'm not a big fan of the look of the screws on the sides. Thanks

[@SeanRubino]

You could epoxy it but unless you really rough up the steel and take good care of the handles the scales my delaminate.

[@kle2217]

@@SeanRubino Thanks!

[@BruceAUlrich]

Vinegar cleans up epoxy? Never seen that before. Nice looking knife...enjoyed the video.

[@SeanRubino]

+Bruce A. Ulrich yes, sir, thanks for watching, Bruce.

[@diytutorialsandmore9804]

Nice video love two see some more content but I would have loves a voice over

[@SeanRubino]

+DIY Tutorials And More thanks, I'll VO the next video.

[@tooljunkie555]

Thank you for getting straight to the build Sean! Half the videos I watched b4 and after yours are 10mims long and half the video people opening the package..lol and intro and outro..lol just got a sarge carving knife set from rockler fork and knife so very similar

[@SeanRubino]

Ha ha. That’s funny, Joe. I try to get to the point and keep it short. Might be why my watch time is low though. Most videos are 5-8 mins. Have fun with it.

[@tooljunkie555]

Sean Rubino always bro!

[@johnathanschreiner5590]

Nice knife! Love it. Just wondering though. Why did you cut the wood in half and then trace out the handle?Seems like it would have been easier to trace out the handle on the whole piece and then cut the smaller piece in half after.

[@johnathanschreiner5590]

Admittedly, a very minor nitpick but seems like it'd cut down on the cutting lol

[@SeanRubino]

+Johnathan Schreiner thanks, Johnathan! That is a great observation and something I didn't mention or show. The blank I used had a nasty crack in it on the other half of the wood. If it were a solid piece which was unflawed I would have cut it to rough length, resawed, and cut out the shape to save the other half for another knife or something.

[@johnathanschreiner5590]

Sean Rubino Makes total sense. I almost didn't ask because I assumed there had to be a reason haha. Thanks for answering!

[@SeanRubino]

+Johnathan Schreiner sure thing! It was a good question.

[@opasworkshop8373]

Beautiful work Sean knife turned out looking very nice. By the way where did you get the knife?

[@SeanRubino]

+Opa's Workshop thanks, Opa! There is a link in the video description. I bought mine on sale from Woodcraft for less than $10.

[@JTWoodworks]

Nice one Sean!

[@SeanRubino]

Thanks, Johnny!

[@TedAlexander24]

Very cool knife Sean. You made it look pretty easy.

[@SeanRubino]

+Ted Alexander thanks, Ted!

[@MikeMerzke]

Beautiful knife! Keep up the good work!

[@SeanRubino]

+Mike Merzke thanks, Michael! Sheath video in a couple weeks.

[@MikeMerzke]

Sean Rubino looking forward to it!

[@Patricksworkshop]

nice work Sean that handle looks great

[@SeanRubino]

+Patrick's WorkShop thanks, Patrick!

[@oxintheshop]

Really liked the edit where you hit the knife down and the rivets pop out.

[@SeanRubino]

+Ox In The Shop ha ha! Thanks, Drew! My favorite part an you are the first to mention it.

[@johnathanschreiner5590]

I just noticed you did that with the countersink as well haha.

[@SeanRubino]

+Johnathan Schreiner it's the little things that I find amusing.

[@gastonmatbrai]

Looks good. The wood is...?

[@SeanRubino]

+gastonmatbrai thanks, it is Pau Ferro.

[@robevans8555]

What! You didn't make the blade yourself?... Only joking, very nice as always

[@SeanRubino]

+Rob Evans ha ha ha, thanks, Rob!

[@johnconklin9039]

I've never seen vinegar used to clean up epoxy before.

[@SeanRubino]

+John Conklin yeah a little trick I learned from conversation with Marc Spagnuolo. Works great.

[@MultiTom1956]

Very nicely done! the vinegar is for the excess glue cleaning? thank you :-)

[@SeanRubino]

+Mahendra Tiwari thank you and yes, vinegar cleans epoxy pretty well.

[@MultiTom1956]

Sean Rubino , thank u :-) picked up something new from u,thank u once again

[@SeanRubino]

+Mahendra Tiwari you are welcome!