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Time to start breaking the handle down. Little more profiling pretty close to being roughed in. I can see I'm going to need to take more off.

Started to shape the handle. I had a brillian idea (famous last words, I know. ;-) ). What I did was cut a piece of paper into a square, that I could lay over the top of the handle. I then folded it in half. I then cut the curves that I wanted for the handle. Then, when I unfolded it, I...

Thanks a bunch. Love the knife. Really, really nice work.

that's kinda my thinking. I'm going to take the wood rasp, and rough everything out (or is it rough everything in? ). Then, start block sanding.

So the next question I have, is about profiling the handle. Here's what I'm kinda thinking Are there any tricks out there for you do? Or, do you just start sanding until you get something you like?

finishing it off with some 220 for now, wrapped around some barstock.

time to break the profile down. Hitting it with the wood rasp 5min later getting really close where I'm exposing the tang.

Here I'm drilling through scales for the pin holes. 1st hole 2nd hole Now you can see all the way through. ;-) Note:Next time I'm going to put tape on the scale the drill will come through. This will prevent any chipping. I know I have a lot to take off, so I wasn't too worried.

Here you can see the holes that came through the first scale that was epoxied to the tang. Other side, after I took the clamp off. Note:I'm not worried about clamp impressions *this time*, only because I know I have a lot to sand off. Next time, I will put some wood between the clamps...

Forgot to take pics, but I drilled my pin holes through the tang/scale. They were already in the tang, so it was just an exercise of lining up the holes. I drilled through the opposite scale, and then attached the 2nd scale. I made sure I had enough expoxy to cover my file work. I let it...

That is really sharp! idiot question here: How do you do that guard?

+2. That's the plan!

ted: I only put 1 side on, because I have to drill the hole for the pins. If I wouldn't have bolsters, then I would have pre-drilled the pin holes, and glued both of the handles on at the same time. I didn't feel comfortable, clamping the handles, hoping they wouldn't shift, while drilling...

Well, moment of truth. I decide to epoxy one of the handles on. In this instance, I'm going to use some T88 that I picked up from woodcrafters (another great suggestion -- thanks guys!). I also picked up some pigment. I actually only used a dab. As soon as it touched the resin, it just got...

Time to do the spine side of the bolsters. Not really that much to knock off. However, I did make one mistake (ok, more than one, but who is counting). There was a bit of a burr on the bolster. I knocked it off with the file. What i didn't realize, until it was too late, was that it...

ok, now I'm starting to get a little nervous. This is where it is all starting to come together. I place the handle on the knife, and like the way it looks. Then, I decide, maybe I want to clean up that bolster outine a little more. Bring it closer to the knife profile. Start filing...

ok, so I start getting a handle ready to put on the knife. (can I call it a handle yet?). I take a drill bit (9/32 again), and put some dents in the handle, so the epoxy will have a bit more to grab. a little cleaner.

If you look in those previous pics, at the top part of the bolsters (the part next to the ricasso) you see a bead of JBWeld that squeezed out. Ok, I need to clean that up. I decide to take a suggestion, and use a piece of scrap brass to scrape off the bead. It worked really well. I had a...

Here you can see me moving the scale up and down. When you look at the sand paper, you can see where most of the scale was touching (on the right). There isn't much scale dust on the left, because there is a gap there. I need to keep sanding, until the entire scale is touching the sand...

so now, I need to mate up the scales with the bolster. Since I don't have a granit block (or even a piece of glass handy, I wasn't able to sand the bolsters totally flat (or square). Now I've got to do the poor mans job, and mate them up. First, I put the scale on the knife, and draw some...