Stone handles have been an interest of mine for a while. I decided to get started building experience with a few inexpensive diamond abrasives. For materials I'm using rocks that I find so again - not a huge investment on it. I'd recommend buying slabs if you're interested in trying. It saves a lot of time and takes out a lot of guesswork. Where I live it's easier for me to make my own than to buy them. I can find reasonably nice material to work with just to build experience.
Some shots of something new I found this year on the river.
outer shell:
![20230630_225135.jpg 20230630_225135.jpg](https://knifedogs.com/data/attachments/64/64248-96b18f72598ce36dac651b21968fa741.jpg)
![20230630_225048.jpg 20230630_225048.jpg](https://knifedogs.com/data/attachments/64/64247-97937035111c08f7247c90d646d83641.jpg)
I'm having a hard time nailing down what this is but it seems to be the calcedony family - jasper, agate, chert...idk what it really is.
What I caught my eye was the semi-gloss and semi-transparent surface. It looked like something that might polish up.
Here's the inside:
![20230710_104956.jpg 20230710_104956.jpg](https://knifedogs.com/data/attachments/64/64250-bbc850c189e65cc22adbf383ed264819.jpg)
Definitely some nice brown, grey, and blue. The next post will show how I got to this point with raw material.
Some shots of something new I found this year on the river.
outer shell:
![20230630_225135.jpg 20230630_225135.jpg](https://knifedogs.com/data/attachments/64/64248-96b18f72598ce36dac651b21968fa741.jpg)
![20230630_225048.jpg 20230630_225048.jpg](https://knifedogs.com/data/attachments/64/64247-97937035111c08f7247c90d646d83641.jpg)
I'm having a hard time nailing down what this is but it seems to be the calcedony family - jasper, agate, chert...idk what it really is.
What I caught my eye was the semi-gloss and semi-transparent surface. It looked like something that might polish up.
Here's the inside:
![20230710_104956.jpg 20230710_104956.jpg](https://knifedogs.com/data/attachments/64/64250-bbc850c189e65cc22adbf383ed264819.jpg)
Definitely some nice brown, grey, and blue. The next post will show how I got to this point with raw material.