Segmented knife handle and ash hollow form

[Tom Lewis]

Awhile back I purchased "The Art of Segmented Woodturning" by Malcom Tibbetts. It is an awesome book. It is one of the best I have ever read in explaining how to do something.
Anyway I got an idea from the book and decided to apply it to a knife handle. The handle is made of purple hart and maple.
The hollow form is ash.

[Tim Boger]

Awhile back I purchased "The Art of Segmented Woodturning" by Malcom Tibbetts. It is an awesome book. It is one of the best I have ever read in explaining how to do something.
Anyway I got an idea from the book and decided to apply it to a knife handle. The handle is made of purple hart and maple.
The hollow form is ash.

I really like the knife handle and your thinking outside of the bowl ... so to speak.

Well done.

Tim

[alex carey]

very nice job, love the knife.

[Bernie Weishapl]

Great job on both. Love the knife handle.

[David Christopher]

very good job for reading a book ( Im going to have to learn how to read ) the ash looks very nice also

[Mike Minto]

VERY nice knife handle; wonderful hollow form...'outside the bowl' - hahahahaha! :)

[Danny Thompson]

Nice work, Tom. Where did you get your knife kit? Recommendations?

[Dave Halter]

Those are both beautiful...

Dave

[Tom Lewis]

Danny, as far as a knife kit, I don't use kits, I buy knife steel in 6' length's, and make my own blades. I have made and sold knives since 1980. I have been in the Knifemakers Guild, and the American Bladesmith Society.
The money I made in knifemaking helped me buy the wood lathe and tools I now have.
There are a lot of kits avaliable. Jantz Supply at www.knifemaking.com (http://www.knifemaking.com) has a lot of blades and kits for sale.
So does "Texas Knifemaker's Supply" at www.texasknife.com (http://www.texasknife.com)
You could buy a finished blade from them and put your own handle on it.
It helps to have a belt grinder to shape and finish the handle, but is not an absolute necesity.
You can view some of my knifemaking equiptment at http://www.cavemen.net/lewisknives/
If I can be of any help to anyone wanting to put handles on finished blades, or make their own knives, let me know.

[Richard Madison]

Tom, Nice work, and VERY impressive shop! Expect we'll be seeing more turning and segmenting from you. Looking forward to it.

[Chris Rae]

I love the knife and the hollow form. Both of them are beautiful!

[Malcolm Tibbetts]

Tom, great job on both the knife handle and the turning. And thanks for endorsing my book. It never occurred to me that people would find other uses for my techniques.

[Bruce McElhaney]

Gorgeous knife! Wish I could do that. I can't even figure out how to replace a broken handle on my Wusthof paring knife.

[Tom Lewis]

Thanks Malcom, I saw you Thursday afternoon in the Instant Gallery at the Albuquerque AAW Symposium. I wanted to speak with you and tell you what I had done, but someone else was always talking with you and I didn't want to interrupt.
I have made a lot of knives and been to a lot of Knife Shows and can't remember ever seeing a segmented knife handle like this one. It's almost impossible to come up with a new idea in the world of knifemaking, and I wouldn't be suprised to find out that someone else had put a handle like this on a knife, but for now maybe I'm the first.