Post #246347 by horseman1 on Wed, Aug 2, 2006 1:52 PM

The future owner has decided that the Moai handle would not be as usable as he would like. I was not about to argue with him since my attempts so far were rather crude (not like flynnys beautiful job!). Therefore, we have decided to make a more traditional shaped handle with a tiki carved into the handle. This will allow the knife to be more usable for its intended purpose and retain the theme. I have it carved and roughly sanded, and when I stop to get batteries for the digital camera will provide a picture of my first attempt at a tiki carved handle. Don't get your hopes up :)

Gman has helped me via a personal message along the way and I have only lost a very small amount of blood so far. I ended up carving it with an Xacto knife, since my woodcrafters store in Colorado Springs didn't know what a hook knife was and I sure couldn't be of any help!

Regards,

Kurt