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Here is a couple I made some years back. Both are a bit scuffed and in need of repair but are examples of timber handles. The timber is stabalized by soaking in bondcrete for a few days under reduced pressure then left to air dry for about 1 month before any further machining.
The first image is just the two whole knives. The top one is acid etched the second is 440C stainless steel. These were both bought knife blanks. The dark bladed knife has a Mirboo handle and while it is as hard as a cats head it has small pore like structures in the timber which do not machine well or finish very well. The last image is a walnut handle. This timber is a pleasure to work with, hard as the preverbial cats head but as fine grained as you will get. I can understand why Rolls Royce used it for dash panels.
Anyway just a couple of examples. I need to buy a belt grinder again. I should never have sold my old one.
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