New Knife Handles

Eggcelsior

A while back, kitchen knives were being discussed and @bigbadben posted that he was into making Wa handles for Japanese knives. I have one that had a right-biased D-shaped handle, similar to Shun, where the ferrule was coming loose and I wanted a true Wa octagonal handle since I'm left handed. He sent me pics and I went with 2, 1 for my Goko and 1 for my Takayuki. These are very well made and I am definitely going to enjoy them.

bigbadben

Thank you! It was a pleasure working with you too. 

Photo Egg

Beautiful...

WeberWho

Almost too nice to use. They look fantastic!

bigbadben

WeberWho said:

Almost too nice to use. They look fantastic!

Naw. Those are ment to be used and enjoyed.  

Lit

Those are sharp! 

DMW

Fancy

Photo Egg

bigbadben said:

WeberWho said:

Almost too nice to use. They look fantastic!

Naw. Those are ment to be used and enjoyed.  

Can you give a ball park price for what you charge for handles like above?

bigbadben

Photo Egg said:

bigbadben said:

WeberWho said:

Almost too nice to use. They look fantastic!

Naw. Those are ment to be used and enjoyed.  

Can you give a ball park price for what you charge for handles like above?

I hope this post doesn't violate rules admins; if so I apologize in advance.

Check out my Etsy store for current inventory ready for sale bensbites.  You can find me on Instagram @bensbites or @Ben_makes. Instagram will have items listed before they hit the Etsy store, sometimes items are snatched up before they get that far.  Something that I have made and it sitting on the shelf, $80-100. If I have to special order woods, I add my additional costs on top of that. 

You can also check out the bensbites subforum on chefknivestogoforums.com. One more note, chefknivestogo buys my handles wholesale and mounts them on blades or will sell them to you. 

Thanks for your interest. 
Ben

blasting

@Eggcelsior - nice knives

@bigbadben - very nice work.  worth every dime by the looks of them.

bigbadben

blasting said:

@Eggcelsior - nice knives

@bigbadben - very nice work.  worth every dime by the looks of them.

Thank you. This has been a fun journey, next up blades...

Mickey

Very nice work

gmac

That's awesome. Those look fantastic. 

Fred19Flintstone

Excellent craftsmanship! 

bigbadben

Mickey said:

Very nice work

gmac said:

That's awesome. Those look fantastic. 

Fred19Flintstone said:

Excellent craftsmanship! 

You guys are too kind. 

gdenby

V-nice! What kind of wood on the pattern welded blade?

gmac

I may be in touch...
What dimensions does the tang need to be to fit? 

Austin Egghead

beautiful, just beautiful.  Bookmarked

bigbadben

gdenby said:

V-nice! What kind of wood on the pattern welded blade?

The blade in question has a leopardwood handle with maple spacers and african blackwood.  The other handle is african mahogany.  

bigbadben

gmac said:

I may be in touch...
What dimensions does the tang need to be to fit?

Most tangs are between 8-12 mm wide and 50-100 mm long. 

i would love to hear from a craftsman like yourself. 

The Cen-Tex Smoker

Gorgeous. You made Eggcelsior's awesome knives even awesomer. Great work

gdenby

bigbadben said:

gdenby said:

V-nice! What kind of wood on the pattern welded blade?

The blade in question has a leopardwood handle with maple spacers and african blackwood.  The other handle is african mahogany.  

Thanks, never seen a sample of that. Fine to look at. How did you guys decide for that? Just, "looks really cool"?

bigbadben

gdenby said:

bigbadben said:

gdenby said:

V-nice! What kind of wood on the pattern welded blade?

The blade in question has a leopardwood handle with maple spacers and african blackwood.  The other handle is african mahogany.  

Thanks, never seen a sample of that. Fine to look at. How did you guys decide for that? Just, "looks really cool"?

He asked what I had available at the time of purchase.  I sent some photos over, and everyone was happy.  For custom projects I have worked with people to find wood they like. There are a wide range of colors and grain patterns to choose from...