“Other Knives” is a term coined by the Wood Bee Carver to name the carving knives made for personal use. In 2020 several of these knives were made for carving miniatures that required smaller blades.  Salvaged blades from old pocket knives were used in the process of inserting a wire in the tang hole of the blade, twisting the wire into a tail that was inserted into a brass tube that was then filled with epoxy to solidify the assembly to be inserted into a hole in a wooden handle filled with epoxy.  When the epoxy was cured into a solid assembly, the handle was carved to shape and the blade was shaped and sharpened into a functional carving knife.

The knife in the photo of Other Knives for Miniatures above indicated with the four (<<<<) needed to be repaired due to the breaking of the blade.  Utilizing the same handle required the portion of the handle that housed the inserted brass tube/blade be cut off. The next step was to repeat the assembly process of the twisted wire in the tang of the blade, inserted into a copper tube that was long enough to go through a one inch wood block and a half inch into the old handle with epoxy solidifying the entire assembly.  The photo below document that process with the final photo revealing the refurbished knife in its “ready to carve” condition. Additional information on this process can be viewed by clicking on OTHER KNIVES FOR MINIATURES.