I like this theme. DIY is pretty much a philosophy I live by.
This was a DIY project
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b j, on Flickr
With this being my first attempt to make a modern interpretation of traditional scandinavian hunting knives
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b j, on Flickr
The nice thing about taking up the challenge of starting a DIY project in a direction you are unfamiliar with, is that in the process you can learn a lot about history and culture, because, when you dig back deep enough, the history of every craft will start with someone who thought: "I'll do this myself".
My road to making knife handles started with writing rules for a boardgame, which prompted me to make my own dice, which had me look into pip designs, and through there, into scandinavian dice games, scandinavian medieval culture and finally, the tradition of making scandinavian hunting knives.
My next DIY projects will stray a bit from this origin, but more on that topic when my current attempts to bring the efforts of a young and upstarting american knife smith, a tradition rich german bronze caster and the inhabitants of the last ice age together in a new knife design
