Modifying an Opinel no. 8 knife. The tip and the round handle have to go. Who needs epoxy when you have cheese!
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I picked up an opinel no. 8 knife to try out. I don’t like the small round handle, or that the tip of the blade is very high off the average center of the knife. I filed the tip down to more of a drop point so that the point is more in line with the force resulting from pushing the knife into things. The handle needed material added, so I tried using some casein glue, a waterproof, or at least very water resistant glue made with milk protein and an alkali, like lime or borax. I used the glue to make a sort of paper mache’ with oak wood shaving from my block plane.
29 авг 2024