While the main body was setting it was time to have a play with the shape of the handle.
Handle Prototype 1
For the handle i again used a piece of Jelutong. Quite simply i wanted to try a slowly tapering design, a rough curve was drawn on the wood and the curve cut on the band saw.
Sand / Glass paper was used to round off the edges and give a better profile to the shape. The result was as follows:

The squareness of the shape and the depth of the upper part of the grip made it quite uncomfortable to hold. from this design i went on to create a second handle using the same techniques. This time i maintained the curve at the front of the grip but also repeated the curve at the back making the handle a uniformed width down its entire length. Handle 2 looked like this.
This was a much more comfortable shape due to its thickness and was the design that i decided to take forward.
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