Friction Folder Osage Handle

[Rhyfelwr]

I recently decided to mess with some Osage Orange, so I made a little folder and handled it in Osage. The blade is a fragment of a lawnmower blade, the rest of which is a Bowie knife I made for my Dad.

The pins were supposed to be copper, which is what I usually pin handles with except this time the wire I grabbed had some nickel in it. The axle pin is steel.

The only thing I was not happy about was the handle split just a hair, but apparently it didn't lose a lot of strength.

And here are the pictures!

[Angus]

Nice job I like the color of the handle.

[Chad J]

that is nice, i haven't tried Osage orange,I'll have to try some now. Chad

[ThomasPowers]

Almost all woods are prone to splitting if you try to set a rivet that close to a knot. I bet the next one will be fine if you can get some clean bodark to work with!

If it bothers you you can always switch out the handle on that one.

[Rhyfelwr]

I haven't been on here recently.. But thanks for the comments everyone. Thomas: I usually am pretty good about not splitting the woods I use but Osage is new to me as a handle material.. I don't think I actually noticed that knot! As for re-handling the blade, my heat treat had some inconsistencies and after I used the knife a while I was dissatisfied with it (I think I end up that way with all my own knives).

Anyway I've moved on to several blades since, right now I am working on a camp knife for a civil war artifact hunter.