Description
Copper plate, 1 mm thick (40 x 40 mm)
Copper spacer material, min 4x4 cm in size.
These are cut out and may need to be hammered flat before use.
Drill a hole for the tang and insert these as spacers in between pieces of wood or other handle material.
These can also be used to create custom bolsters, often 2 layers with fibre between is used for strength.
Example of cutting the handle block in pieces and placing nickel silver and fibre spacers between the pieces.
Knife by Bjorn Jacobsen in Spotted Gum,Coolabah and black/white spacer and nickel silver, blade by Lauri: