Making Knives + Using Branches as Handles?

In this video we finish off a project that I started last year to make a series of stainless steel knives, and we also go on to make the handle out of branches. This started out as an exploration into how with only one component of a product, the rest can be made, however I also found that the process enables you to learn about the properties of timber and how best to use tools - with the handle having the capacity to be personalised to the users unique needs - and poses a series of more fundamental questions:
When modern supply chains are pressured, how can we be more resourceful with the materials surrounding us?
Do we always need such complex and intricate machinery techniques, when there are many suitable existing natural forms?
And by leaving more of the products creation to the end user, can stronger emotional bonds be created?

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The music in the video was 'Wade in the Water' by the Big Push - they are a great band so I definitely urge you to check them out on Youtube and Spotify!

Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
0:34 Making the Blades
6:07 Making the Handles