Just finished in to time send for Christmas: soapstone handle, 24mm high mtn badger

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Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Well I dinked around with some soapstone,easy to work with.a little messy (lots of dust) was fun.:)

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Ha ha... yeah, I should probably have mentioned the dust! :) It's bad enough with hand tools, so I imagine it must have become a bit cloudy in the workshop when turning it.

That looks *great* and setting it in ebony will eliminate the brittleness issue MrMagnus mentioned.

Also doweled all in place,also used the lignum endcap to run my spur into.
Is one thing to carve soapstone but the stresses of turning it I think can be a disastor,be carefull.

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Originally Posted by SirStropalot

That's the way Christmas should be.....from the heart!! Cudo's!

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+1
Really nice job.
Congrats.
:chapeau