Coffin Frame Handle questions

jkf96a

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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.
 
I've been thinking of making a frame handle also , never been there so did a little research and found this interesting that the recasso is much thicker than the frame handle. See post #19 second pic.

After rereading your post I see that this is not what you're looking for.

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/686393-WIP-Frame-handle-pics

Heres a couple more:

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1068888-Coffin-Handle-Bowie

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/917871-Coffin-Handle-Dagger-with-Ivory



http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/974019-Coffin-handled-dagger-with-green-walrus

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/821679-Coffin-handle-pique-worked-Bowie
 
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Darn it, photobucket is blocked at work, so I can't see any of the pics. The waiting is killer....

That last one works though. His handle is uniform thickness from throat to butt, with the oval guard wider than the handle.
 
Hey Jason, Did you see the frame handle on my forum page I'm doing? It will be held on by bolsters. Just a thought.
 
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