Tool : Crook Knife

Whilst attending the CLA Game Fair at Blenheim Palace I purchased a Lauri Hook Blade from English Handmade Knives stall, I had wanted to try my hand at handling a stick tang blade for a while.

The gentleman at the stall gave me some tips on how best to go about handling the blade as well as a helpful fact-sheet.

The Lauri Hook Blade dimensions are 60x18 mm

The first job was to cut down the stick tang to the required length and then file down the brass bolster to fit the blade.

For the handle I used a piece of Sycamore, after squaring the end off I marked out where the stick tang would go.

Using the drill press I removed most of the required material, after that it was a simple matter of filling out the fit the profile of the blade.

Once the blade was fitting nicely I marked out the handle shape.

Clamping the handle into a vice I cut the handle to shape, from here I sanded the handle to the shape I wanted.

At this point I used some epoxy resin to set the blade in the handle, once set I did a final sanded down until smooth and fitted nicely in my hand.