Fancy Handles

[Old-Biker-UK]

Now i've built a rose engine I thought I had better make something useful rather than just cut endless pattern pieces.
I do like decent handles on tools so here are my first efforts.


Mark

[seanz]

I came to this forum for information, which I've got and plenty of it, what suprises me though is the amount of inspiration that I find.

[wheelinround]

Mike they look very nice indeed good to see the output from all your hard work.
The design should allow that extra grip and feel good in the hand.

[dai sensei]

So cool

[joe greiner]

Excellent!

What species of timber?

Cheers,
Joe

[BobL]

Now that is fancy!

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

Lovely work. But I suspect I'd need to use something of better quality than redgum salvaged from the firewood pile for my tool handles...

[BobL]

Lovely work. But I suspect I'd need to use something of better quality than redgum salvaged from the firewood pile for my tool handles...

Hang on - i'll stack my fire wood redgum handles up against most timbers out there.

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

Hang on - i'll stack my fire wood redgum handles up against most timbers out there.

Redgum's a beautiful wood but it's terrible stuff for ornamental work; the grain is too coarse and prone to tear-out.

Our desert woods though, now they're a different kettle of fish.

[Old-Biker-UK]

The timbers are L to R, 1 - Laurel (Prunus laurocerasus L.), 2 & 3 - Yew (Taxus baccata L.). Small branch stuff from my hedge & the local churchyard (being Churchwarden's odd-job man I get first pickings after storm damage).

That redgum looks nice, you do have some great timbers over there in Oz, I guess it is some compensation for having all those poisonous critters lurking in your timber stacks, the worst I have to worry about is the occasional hedgehog.
Mark