Thanks for your kind words and encouragement, gentlemen. The handle is made up of the following: the center piece is black marble. Although it is called "black" it is actually more greenish with black veins. I bought a chunk off a stone mason who sells rock to sculptors. I cut it with a hack saw (hard work!). Lately I've been using a diamond blade on my angle grinder. Much faster, but very dusty. The marble is flanked by black leather spacers, followed by steel spacers, followed by black leather again. Then two layers of purple heart, followed by black leather again, then thicker stacked leather, and finally two caps made of cocobolo. It's all laminated thanks to epoxy glue. Polished, oiled and waxed, then polished again.
Have a very Merry Christmas, everyone!
Chris
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Chris K.
Two Mountains Forge
Delta, BC, Canada
www.twomountainsforge.com
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