KORIUM facelift

[RWB]

A KORIUM knife I picked up recently. I removed the cast aluminum grip and lengthened the tang and threaded the end as well. The blade was a bit rusty (which, by the way, was a feature I was interested in) so I polished it off which leaves a patina on carbon steel that I kinda like. I made a guard, washer/spacer and pommel out of steel and rusted to match the blade. The grip is Lilac wood. I just like to tinker with knives and don't have alot of specialized equipment but this was fun to do.

[orvet]

That looks really good!
Where do you get lilac wood? Did you cut it and cure it yourself, or did you buy it?

Nice work!

[Doc B]

That looks really nice! Got any "before" pictures?

[doglegg]

That really turned out great and quiet an improvement RWB. That is beautiful wood, I don't know that I have ever seen lilac before. Great job.

[edge213]

Yessir great job!

[glennbad]

Oooh, that's nice!

[RWB]

Thanks for the kind remarks. Although the blade looked as if it was rust pitted it wasn't. In fact to give it that brown, antique look I only polished off the grime on my buffer. The lilac wood came from an old lilac that I took down in our yard a few years ago. The heart wood is purplish and hard. I've included before pictures.

[Doc B]

That's really neat...especially since it's from your own tree!!!!!!

[XX Case XX]

Excellent work!!! You sure did a nice job on that one. Very nice.

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Mike

[Tony_Wood]

Good work. The handle wood looks great.