I've never done a coffin handle or a frame handle before, but I'm pondering both for a knife I've got on the bench now. Going to be a 5" blade vest bowie. I'm thinking stainless guard and red G10 spacer, then an African blackwood handle on a red/black/red G10 liner frame. 1/16 stainless pins around the edge to hold the frame together, and a 3/32 ss or maybe 1/8 mosaic pin to hold the tang. Any hangups with that plan? I figure to have to inlet the wood a little also.
My key question is about thickness of the overall handle. I usually try and contour my handles, but I'm thinking that maybe with a coffin shape that just a straight taper is better, say maybe .4 or so at the guard, and maybe .6 or so at the back? You see coffin handle shots all the time, but not often of the spine without some kind of angle that makes the dimensions hard to figure.
Testing you guys' powers of visualization, I know.
My key question is about thickness of the overall handle. I usually try and contour my handles, but I'm thinking that maybe with a coffin shape that just a straight taper is better, say maybe .4 or so at the guard, and maybe .6 or so at the back? You see coffin handle shots all the time, but not often of the spine without some kind of angle that makes the dimensions hard to figure.
Testing you guys' powers of visualization, I know.