{"id":1646,"date":"2015-01-04T21:59:30","date_gmt":"2015-01-04T20:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dabberty.com\/?p=1646"},"modified":"2025-01-28T12:23:29","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T11:23:29","slug":"20150104-carving-a-handle-for-my-cold-steel-trailhawk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dabberty.com\/?p=1646","title":{"rendered":"2015\/01\/04 – Carving a handle for my Cold Steel Trailhawk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Besides the spoon in the previous post, I also did a new handle for my Cold Steel Trailhawk.
\nEverything was done with my carving axe.
\nSurprisingly it was easier then expected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the piece I brought back from the forest yesterday.
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Chopping the rough shape.
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Then the rest was done by shaving it mostly.
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Half way there.
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Done !
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It will most likely shrink a bit, but thats ok. The top part i left quite wide, and even if it still shinks too much so the head goes off, then I will try to make it again, but this time only with the trailhawk head, and directly in the forest.
\nIt will be a nice challenge for at the fire on a trip \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here a short video where I test it out on pieces of 3 year dried oak wood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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