Cocobolo Knife

What You Need to Know About Hunting Knife Handles

Hard woods like Cocobolo, Rosewood, Ebony and Bubinga are used very most often. Wood handles are more attractive than most of the other handle materials, but are more difficult to care for. Leather handles have been around a long time. Modern stabilized and laminated woods have largely overcome these problems. Whatever you do, do not let a wood handle knife soak in water. Rubber handles like Respirine or Kraton, are used more often over plastic due because they are more durable. They do not resist water well, and will crack or warp with prolonged exposure to water. The knives that are good as these knives are the Buckmaster Knife and Carbon Knives
Finish the leather as desired, and apply a good sealer.

Micarta is a reliable, durable handle material used on everyday work knives because of the composite laminated stability. Stag is extremely popular although it is becoming more and more costly and rare. Leather handles are normally produced by stacking leather washers on a steel shank (tang) as a sleeve surrounding tang of the knife. Leather Handles

Stag handles should be carefully chosen after trying out the grip. They are relatively inexpensive and are easy to be shaped by the knife maker. The charm of stag comes from the rough texture of the surface that gives a nice grip to the user. In some areas it is illegal for butchers’ knives to have wood handles, because wood is open pore and could hold bacteria.

Once dry the clamp is removed then contact surfaces of the wet formed dry washers then need to have contact cement applied to contact surfaces. The contact cement takes just a few minutes to dry, they are then epoxied and stacked on the knife tang exactly how they were compressed the first time, clamped and let to dry. This process preshrinks the leather so it will not shrink after the knife handle is completed. Great care is advised here. These days many artificial handles are available to replace stag handles.

Micarta Handle

They may not be the most appealing in appearance but are the least expensive and will hold up to vigorous day to day use.

These are one of the best choices for tough heavy duty knives. It creates an index to keep the roundness of the handle in proper prospect. The material is softer almost tacky feeling in nature. Rubber Handles

Horn and Bone Handles

Fiberglass Reinforced Nylon is a polymer that can be molded using injection molding.

Wood Handles

All of these materials have been used in knife handles. A select few knife makers use this method of producing quality knives as seen on some hunting and survival knives. This is very strong, extremely durable and light. This comes in glossy or matte finish for grips and can be extremely durable. A well shaped and polished hard wood handle feels extraordinarily good in hand while holding it or using it for cutting and slicing and they also look aesthetically very nice. Hard wood is one of the most popular materials for knife handles. Other types of Micarta, a composite synthetic material made of linen or paper with epoxy resin is commonly used in handle material. Paper, linen and denim micartas are available for different degrees of toughness. The grinder belt will eat leather like nothing else you have ever ground. After drying the knife handle is then formed on a belt grinder. A light touch is advised! The use of square leather washers is for a grinding index. Other more exotic woods that are used are Guayacan, Pakkawood, Rose/Root. More exotic materials usually only seen on art or ceremonial knives include: Cattle bone, mammoth tooth, mammoth ivory, walrus tusk, antler (often called stag in a knife context), sheep horn, buffalo horn. The fabrication of the leather handle consists of soaking leather washers in a solution than stacking them one on top of the other on a sleeve then compressing them together with a clamp and let to dry.

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