How to make a knife handle

This is the second knife I made. The materials I used in the handle was red white and blue spacing material then some leather, a peace of red wood, cow bone, goat horn, and a thick peace of brass. It terned out good but I am going to be making alot more knives this is only my second one. To see my first one look up home made file knife, thank you

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[Troutfisher16]

@dakenetsu the bone I had was hollow so I filled the middle with expanding gorilla glue then I just hammered it doing over the tang. I use a pipe to hammer my peices down and for a couple tips I would give is after I watched your video I think you need to put more time in one knife than just wanting to make a lot of then when people see a beautiful knife they want to buy it but ur knives are nice but put more time into the handle go back to the one that has a full tang and round off the edges

[Troutfisher16]

@usmcretired2112 thank you for the comment it's people like you that make me want to upload the videos thanks

[Troutfisher16]

@monkeysize i cut it off at the end I guess I didn't show that part

[Troutfisher16]

@thehappycamper1976 thanks and yes one of the worst smells of all time but it turns out looking beautiful

[Troutfisher16]

@TheCarablanco that is possible but it's not as practical as just forming the handle on the original tang but at certain points in the process I have the blade fully covered in tape but I guess I could put a piece of metal on each side of the blade and then wrap it with tape but I haven't slipped up yet

[Troutfisher16]

@GarrettJDB checkout my video called "making a FILE KNIFE (buffing)"

[Mathaius833]

@franklingp his tools aren't exactly scraps

[Oxidized181]

you're too good man

[franklingp]

i cant believe you made that from an old file and some scraps

[RancidSka1]

how did you finish the end of the handle where the tang comes out to secure it on ?? thats the one part i need showing. ??

[HomeMadeGunNut]

I'm watching this because i just ordered the hand forged blade made my Julius Petterson off of the Ray Mears website and bought some antler to put a handle on it, thanks for your help :)

[evvignes]

Impressive, looking forward to more

[JonALewis]

Yeah, buff the bone!

[dakenetsu]

thats a nice knife man,i just got into making knives,not nearly as good as you buy im tryin,a hobby i hope to make a job ,check out my vid and give me tips fellow smiths...lol,i know how bad bone and antlers smell,its awful lol,what dit u use to tap the bone onto the tang,did u predrill or just hammer it through

[MegaMatTimi]

SWEET!