custom knifework?

[Nitrogen]

My girlfriend would love to get some old kitchen knives she has refinished.  She needs the wooden handles redone, like on the sides of this knife:






She thought possibly one of my "gun nut" friends might know, and heck, even if it's not a gun nut things, ya'll are so multitalented you might know someone or somewhere.

[bedlamite]

Start your search here:

http://www.bladeforums.com/
http://www.knifeforums.com/

[vaskidmark]

Check with the "butchers" at your local grocery store, or with the kitchen wonks at a high-end restaurant near you.  They do a lot of knife work and need to get new handles regularly.  Warning - a lot of places will try to sell you a plastic-of-some-sort handle which will last just about forever but may not be what you want.  If you have a meat/poultry procesing plant they are even better for finding out who does the work.

Also, if it is brand name stuff, find customer service and ask them about replacing handles.  But be aware of stuff like this http://thecutcovectorknifetruth.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/warranty-on-lh.pdf .

Also see if this guy is still doing repairs http://www.stoneandsteel.net/services/knife-repair/ .

stay safe.

[sanglant]

stabilized wood looks really nice.

[RevDisk]

My girlfriend would love to get some old kitchen knives she has refinished.  She needs the wooden handles redone, like on the sides of this knife:

She thought possibly one of my "gun nut" friends might know, and heck, even if it's not a gun nut things, ya'll are so multitalented you might know someone or somewhere.

Asked a buddy of mine who does some knife stuff.  He claimed it was pretty easy.  Drill the pins, chuck the handle (unless you're refinishing it), slap on the new handle, re-pin.  He recommended Texas Knifemaker's Supply.  I gathered shaping the new handles was the very tricky part. 

[AJ Dual]

Yeah, sanding isn't "hard". Sanding to get exactly the shape or profile you want is.

Lots of opportunities here. You can make your own home-made micarta slabs out of linen and resin, then shape that. You can alternate colors of fabric etc. and create some really unique effects.