How To Make & Fit A Carving Knife Handle - Soulwood Creations (aka Peter Kovacs)

I spent time with the talented Peter Kovacs of Soulwood Creations at his workshop in West Yorkshire in the North of England Peters Website - https://www.soulwoodcreations.com Peters Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/soulwood_creations ======================================================================== Below are the videos in this entire series filmed with Peter: 1. How To Carve A Spoon - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hA0caZRsWSg 2. Carving Knife Handle Ergonomics - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWciYiDaQ6Y 3. How To Make And Fit A Carving Knife Handle - **THIS VIDEO YOU ARE WATCHING** 4. Carving Axe Handle Ergonomics - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42NJ1FsWPa4 5. How To Make And Fit A Carving Axe Handle - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_s838I9iZBQ ======================================================================== Below is a timestamp of all the sections in this video: (Click on the time on the left to go straight to that section) 00:00:00 - Start 00:00:17 - Introduction 00:02:43 - Materials being used 00:05:38 - Knife tang varieties 00:06:50 - Fitting bolster to handle 00:16:04 - Making prototype handles 00:18:19 - Marking out handle design 00:24:06 - Marking out tang hole 00:28:01 - Different tang fitting techniques 00:28:47 - Round tang fitting technique 00:33:46 - Flat tang / Drill stitch technique 00:45:47 - Flat tang / Burning technique 01:00:45 - Drawing handle design 01:05:28 - Handle shaping with bandsaw 01:12:00 - Handle shaping with belt sander 01:16:01 - Handle shaping with bobbing sander 01:17:14 - Marking out initial facets 01:21:12 - Shaping facets with belt sander 01:23:10 - Shaping facets with spoke shave 01:29:33 - Marking out secondary facets 01:32:34 - Shaping secondary facets with spoke shave 01:35:36 - Shaping secondary facets with straight knife 01:41:20 - Shaping pommel with straight knife 01:42:55 - Refining bolster shape 01:45:21 - Types of epoxy glue 01:46:11 - Preparing handle for gluing 01:49:20 - Final preparation for gluing 01:52:40 - Gluing blade to handle 02:01:12 - Checking knife part way through glue curing 02:04:59 - Cleaning bolster once glue is cured 02:09:02 - Final oiling of handle 02:10:20 - Final inspection of knife 02:11:23 - Conclusion 02:13:48 - Outro As always I appreciate you watching Take care Peace Zed ======================================================================================= https://zedoutdoors.com/youtube/how-to-make-fit-a-carving-knife-handle-soulwood-creations-aka-peter-kovacs #CarvingKnife #KnifeHandle #Woodworking