HANDLES

The handle is the marriage between the blade and the hand. While holding on to the handle, you control and balance the act of cutting.

I spend hours searching for the most interesting and rare woods and materials to make my handles. I put a lot of thought into the pairing of handles spacers and bolsters.

My 25 years of woodworking have a lot to do with the final outcome of my handles. I understand the materials and how to join them together in order to ensure the handle will last a lifetime.

Most woods move, but not mine because they have all been stabilized. Wood stabilization refers to the injection of and saturation in resin under pressure and vacuum to harden and most importantly, render the wood waterproof.

Despite this process, do not put your dpknife in the dishwasher!

Finally, the way the steel and the wood are joined matters. I use two techniques. The first I use when working with a traditional Wa style handle; in this case, I make hidden tang knives. When working with a Western-style handle, I join it to the blade using scales.