Just a few weeks after starting this unusual adventure, with zero previous experience with power tools, I’m happy to announce that I’ve just completed my first knife handle.

Here the final product:

I started from a cheap blade made in Pakistan I purchased online, a block of bois de rose, a copper rod, and a package of epoxy resin.

I watched a ton of videos and dedicated a couple of days to this project. And here it is. It’s rough, with a few glitches, but insanely beautiful.

I will post more step by step in the future, but here I have just a few random pics I took during the process: