Pre-milled Ebony and Zebrawood Block

Ebony Front and Golden Sandalwood Block, pre-milled

Handle blocks from two wood types, pre-milled for easier tang fitting to the blade.

Grind or file the blade tang until it fits the existing hole in the block and glue it in with epoxy glue.

A great way to speed up the process or if not having a good drill press and small files, a good starting point.

The slit is about 3 x 13 mm at the face of the block and about 70 mm deep.

The photos are showing sanded blocks sealed with UBHF, they come as raw wood.

They are about 30 x 30 x 130 mm in size, the front bolster bit is securely embedded into the main piece and might not be squared up completely, meaning you will get less than 30 x 30 mm square if squaring these up before shaping the handle.

The front piece is in ebony and the main part in Zebrawood, an attractive wood with stripes that might at one point have reminded someone of a zebra (?). Zebra wood to us seem the satin or somewhat subdued version of golden sandalwood, perhaps?