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Auction ended last night for $3100. All proceeds to St. Jude Children's hospital :) Thanks again to everyone here that helped out!

Also, a big thanks to Randy Haas again. Because of the materials he provided, this turned out to be one of the nicest knives I have done.

Ok, sorry for the delay. I've had about ten hours sleep total since thursday night..My newest little girl was born at 3pm sharp Friday 8/9. Here it is! Remember, Rowe's Leather out of Hope, AR. These folks deserve a lot of credit. They stepped up to the plate and did this sheath for me...

I have a few questions about selling a home and would really like to speak with a realtor out of my area, if there are any here. Thanks

Great Job. I'm gonna take a guess and say tumbled bolsters?

Very nice so far!

Got it mailed out today to Rowe's Leather. http://www.rowesleather.com/products_ks.html

That is neat!

You made a knife. That is what counts. It may not be your best, but that's the thing..Most of us would admit that we have not done our best work yet. Every knife on this forum may look great to you, but I'll bet that each indivisual maker could point out many problems with each one they make...

Looking good so far :)

The knife is about 95% done. All that is left for me to do is grind off the pins and lanyard tube and blend them in. Other than that it is just some minor touch up work and small things. It has taken 55 hours to get to this point, and this is what we have. I will not post more pics until...

Thanks Tracy. I have enjoyed this one. Here is the last update before it goes to Rowe Leather for a sheath. Ok so when we left off we had ground the blade to about 95% completion. I still needed to go back and work my way up through the finer grits to make it shine. This is a shot after...

Have about four hours in sanding and polishing these guards. They are pretty much done except for when we install the pins and have to clean them up to hide them. Did the blade grind last night. It is 95% done. All I have to do is go back and hit it with some finer grit belts and clean...

Update. I ran into a problem a few nights ago that required some changes, but it was not really a big deal. One of the issues with doing a project like this is getting everything done in a certain order of steps. There is so much to do, it is easy to skip a step or do something before it should...

Should we polish the guards on this thing or give them a brushed finish?

Need to glue the fiber spacers to the backs of the scale pieces. First I clean everything with a little alcohol, just to be sure there isn;t any residual grease or other stuff that would hinder adhesion. I also blow off the scale pieces before this to ensure no sanding dust is still...

Have to get these scale pieces down a little thinner than they are. The reason for this is because the surface (known as bark) is what we want the most of left when shaping is done. if I were to have left them as thick as they were, by the time I shape the handles down to match the guards and...

Started the major handle work over the weekend. In this pic, I have started grinding the width of on of the pieces that goes between the main guard and the sub hilt. I have to be really careful when doing this. Only remove a little material at a time, becuase if I remove to much, I'll create an...

Some tap handles have a center hole in the top in place of the little shaft that fixes in the drill chuck. You can take a center and chuck it up or something pointed and usually do it that way. Be sure you buy good drills and god taps. china made stuff is usally not that great and is really...

Rex, I talked with several engravers. This knife has alot going on, and after discussing it with them, I (along with them) think that you can have too much in a knife. I was also going to do filework on the spine, but the damascus pattern pretty much washes it out. I think Mosaic pins will be...