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    Pimped peasant

    Hi all, bought me and the mrs a Svord Peasant each, one was black, and the other one I bought was available in my least favourite colour, pink!
    So today I went about making a new handle for it out of some plum wood that my brother gave me, using only a tenon saw, fret saw, bit and brace, a rasp, sandpaper and a good dollop of elbow grease











    Thinking of doing some relief carving on it, just havent thought of a design yet, thanks for looking!


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    Natural Born Bushcrafter Woody's Avatar
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    Beauty! That's very nice...
    All done by hand tools too!

    Just an idea for your carvings...
    Kolrosing...

    http://www.ravenlore.co.uk/html/kolrosing.html






    Update: make sure you come back and show us the finished piece.
    Last edited by Woody; 26-04-2016 at 08:44 AM. Reason: Update

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    Looks awesome! Im gonna try that, thanks


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    Pimped peasant

    I second the Kolsoring idea. Especially if you reflect the Kiwi heritage of this knife with some Whakairo style designs. That would look awesome.
    Last edited by Midge_Fodder; 25-04-2016 at 07:24 PM.
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    Isn't it nice when someone says "that's a great piece of kit, where did you buy that", then you can modestly reply "you can't buy it, I made it myself". The moral is, it's amazing what you can achieve if you put your mind to it.

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    like the mods... dont have a peasant yet... i must get one at some point..

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    Well heres my first feeble attempt of Kolrosing, ( I asked Mrs to draw it as she is the artistic one) took Midge_Fodder's advice on the style, and went with Kirituhi but just noticed the edit to Whakairo oops! never mind lol Never attempted this before so all and any advice/criticism welcome





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    Natural Born Bushcrafter Midge_Fodder's Avatar
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    Wow that is done really well. You sir are an artist.


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    Isn't it nice when someone says "that's a great piece of kit, where did you buy that", then you can modestly reply "you can't buy it, I made it myself". The moral is, it's amazing what you can achieve if you put your mind to it.

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    That is beautiful.
    Well done! 1st attempt too...

    I bet you're going to take the black one apart as well now....

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    I just cut the design and rubbed the cinnamon in, Claire did the drawing, I can't take the credit for that
    Looking for some symbols to go on the other side now, really enjoyed the process


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    Quote Originally Posted by Woody View Post
    That is beautiful.
    Well done! 1st attempt too...

    I bet you're going to take the black one apart as well now....
    Oh yes black one is the Mrs knife, going to do a real nice one for her, she loves curly/ burl type wood, so looking for some nice wood

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