Making Bushcraft Knife Handle Liners

by marcello bianchi in Craft > Art

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Making Bushcraft Knife Handle Liners

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How I made DIY knife liners

Cutting A4 Card for Liners

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Two A4 will make enough for 4 knife, I cut the cards in half so it would be easier when clamping up

Prepping the Wet Out Board

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I covered the board in self adhesive vinyl to stop the resin adhering to the board, i had some so I used it but food wrap would be just has good

Wetting the Paper With Resin

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I used a clear fibreglass resin to laminate the card together in coloured layer ( 4 to a layer ) and separated the layers with thin plastic i used food bags but in insight food wrap would have been better.

when all the layer where down i place a board on top and clamped it down and let it overnight to set

Attaching the Liners to the Scales

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I used 2 hour epoxy resin to glue the liners to the oak scales and let them set overnight.

for an in-depth look at the process please view video

Video

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I separated the scale ready for handle assembly.

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