Here's a odell helle blade knife that I recently finished. I've been waiting for a sunny dat to take some pictures.
The handle is cocobolo and ebony with a cocobolo/ebony herringbone mosaic stripe. (Thanks joebuck) The accents are bloodwood.
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Beautiful knife!!!!
Very nice combo!
Very cool!
You are getting really good at this knife making.Very nice.<><
That looks really good. Love the mosaic strip!
Very nice!
very nice!
Very nice!!!
Outstanding work. Looks grate.
Super handle work!!!! That is too sweet! WOW!!
Awsome! love the handle shape and combo of woods.
That looks like it took some time.
Where do you get the "mosaic stripe" or do you make it?
Scott
How did you make that mosaic strip? Any special tools required?
Jantz sells mosaic strips.
Nice looking knife! What did you use for the blade guard? Or whatever you call the silver piece between the handle and blade.
I love it Bodork!..Biggie would jump through that screen to get that knife..it matches his Swamprooter I made him....thank goodness he doesn't visit this site!!! love your stuff ..keep it up!
Thanks guys. Farmboy and leftieshot, I did make the mosaic stripe. I used a scroll saw and a block sander. I cut several 1/2" strips of cocobolo and ebony from laminations I made. The laminations were 1-1/2" wide by about .050 thick. I cut the strips with my scroll saw set at a 45 degree angle. I alternated them and made points out of the angles and glued them between a .030 piece of purpleheart. It's hard to explain but not that hard to do.
Madness, the finger guard is made of brass. I picked up some nice pieces at the scrap yard real cheap. They were nice enough to let me rummage through their bins. Mike