My first wood handled knife.

I like the shape of the blade as well as the finish on it. 

 

What would di you use for the handle?

 

PoundHound

Thanks i used bass wood for the handle.

do you have a belt sander to finish you blades?

 

I have been doing it by hand. I have been looking around at belt sanders. I found a porter cable at lowes with a 4 inch wide belt. is that too wide for blade making?  On the fourm most mention a 2 inch wide belt.

 

poundHound

I personaly have never used one on a knife all by hand, and i would proble just go with there advice unless you can make that work for you.

I started with a 4" belt sander but after a while it was better to move to a 2x72 belt grinder as that is the industry standard and has a wide variety of belts for many different tasks. The knife looks good by the way!!

Yea i mean im still new and sand by hand so i guess i will get a belt sander sometime also, and thank you.