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I am building a fixed blade with stacked leather handle. The pommel is 440C stainless steel, is 0.410" thick and has 0.393" of solid metal between the tang nut hole and OD of the pommel. I am considering adding a lanyard hole (I would be interested in your thoughts). I plan to use either 550...

Haines Custom, Thank you for your reply. The tang is not long enough as it is, so I will have to add an extension to it to make it long enough for my desired handle length. I have seen a video where metal is welded to the existing tang (cut into a triangle then the extension formed to fit)...

opaul, Thank you. As I mentioned in my reply to Chris, I am trying to go with a stacked leather handle. I guess that this approach won't work with this? Thank you for your reply!

Chris, Thanks! I am trying to go with a stacked leather handle. I should have said this in my original post. Thank you for your response!

I am a newbie at knifemaking and wanted to try to get some advice from this experienced crowd. I have looked this up on the web with mixed results. I have a blade from a kit that I need to attach an extension to in order to make the handle long enough for my hand. The tang is 440C stainless...