Huge thanks to @carolinashoe for sending me some leather scraps from their shoe manufacturing shop. I used a small piece of the leather to make the handle for this knife.
I've been thinking about this knife for a while. Most Kiridashi knives don't usually have handles or scales and while I really like that bare metal look I always liked the idea of having a really good grip. Leather was a natural choice but I didn't know how to attach it to the steel and I didn't want to make a stacked leather handle. The stacked leather handle I don't think would look good and would be too bulky and take away from the lean look of the blade.
Eventually I got the idea to just apply a leather wrap, of sorts, and secure the leather using a cross stitch on the seam. I am not a leather worker so I wasn't sure it would work but the tapered shape of the handle in to the blade helps keep the leather from slipping up in to the blade and the small nub at the end of the handle keeps the leather from sliding off the handle. The leather handle feels very secure and adds a nice grip.
I am pleased with how it turned out but if I were to make this again I would make sure to decrease the width of the handle where the leather will wrap around to account for the thickness of the leather. This way the leather handle will follow the lines of the blade. I suppose I could go back and just grind down the steel section but I will keep it as is for now. Thanks for watching!
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Негізгі бет Ойын-сауық Making a Kiridashi with Cross Stitched Leather Handle
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