Birch Bark Knife Handle

Excellent Instructional videos always seem much more effective without boring lengthy verbal explanations.

awesome work, in the process of trying my first stacked birch bark handle and good to see as many techniques possible

Came off beautifully! Look at that lovely golden colour!

Beautiful work and a superb result. Top craftsmanship.

That knife is really beautiful i have tried some of those handles in the past

It's really interesting, like making a block of wood out of pieces as opposed to making pieces out of a block of wood. Pretty cool.

Most enjoyable Jim !

Stunning work Jim!

Going to try one of these. That birch bark came off easy. Always struggled in the past

Beautiful!

Lovely stuff!

Really awesome video mate. I have been wondering about the proper way to go about doing this (the oven). Just wish I had such a tidy well equipped workshop.

awesome build.. what did you do with that birch log that you took the bark from? that would have made for a awesome handle too.. great job with the vid!

That is a real labour intensive handle. It looks beautiful. What does it feel like? Take care be safe. 🇨🇦

well done !

Great video. How do you get the bark off so easily? Had the tree been on the ground a certain amount of time? Time of year? I live in central PA I’d like to try this some day. Thanks.

Jim, I just saw video. Great job! I have a dead birch tree. Do you know if this bark would work for this? After you peel the bark from a fresh tree how long will it keep?

What a stunning end result. Thank you for sharing the method. I have ordered 4x morakniv no1 blanks, I intend to handle them and give them as gifts to my work colleagues. I really did think that there would be glue in the process. But having watched the video, and read the comments, it seems that 2.5hrs at 200c under compression should do it. I assume that you need to add more bark squares as you compress ? Or do you start longer than the tang ? Also, is that tempiture okay for the heat treatment on the blade ? I always thought that if a blade is too hot to touch, the temper is ruined ? Thanks again, beautiful work 👏

Trabalho magnifico , exelente

What's it called when you hammer the tang down like that? Does it have a name? Also can I hammer the tang down on just plain wood without it splitting or getting damaged or do I need something harder to hammer it on (like brass or some other metal)?