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Interesting. What's the material?

For those who were waiting... the K294 mules are down to the last 3 and will be gone in a couple of days at the current rate. Last chance.

This is the first knife handle I have ever made, made lots of handles for fishing rods.

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There are products like this sandpaper organizer available https://www.woodcraft.com/products/wood ... -woodriver if it's not a huge amount, or go to an office supply and look for paper trays.

Hi Halfbore. Welcome to the forum. Old dry tamarack should work fine for a mule. Most any wood can be made to work as long as it's sealed appropriately, but your tamarack may not even need that. If you want to be extra safe, after you shape the scales, wax them or cover them with a coat of CA glue ...

2 for me.

1) Did you purchase a Mule Team knife in the past?
Yep. All of them.
2) Did you put a handle on it?
Yes. I've handled about half and am still working on them.
3) Did you make or buy a sheath?
Bought two.
4) Did you test the performance of your Mule?
Yes, but mostly while shaping handles. I also ...

That's beautiful work Kyle.

Nice work Elmer. I like the black liner with the orange.

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Fooling around in the shop with something different.

Looks great Ted! I like the red liners. Your fit and finish is improving.

Hi Ted,
Nice finish. I like the yellow streaks in that wood.

phillipsted wrote:That stuff is gorgeous! Just curious - it looks like those pen blanks are 5"x0.75"x0.75". This doesn't seem quite big enough for a Mule Scale. How did you get build a full slab out of these pen blanks?

Sorry, Ted. I didn't see the question.

I used CA glue to join two pieces.

Wow! What is that scale material, GnifeGnut -- celluloid or acrylic? Looks brilliant!

How scratch resistant and durable do you think it will be?

TedP

That is beautiful GG. What is it?
Thanks!

It's an acrylic called Lucitylic. It feels pretty hard so it should be a bit more scratch resistant ...

Nice work, Zen.

Here's my latest work-in-progress. I decided to go with something different this time.

Nice work jabba359. I like that redwood burl.