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Nice Scagel!!

My day job has me way too busy.

OPaul you sure have been cranking out some blades. Retirement looks good on you…

Thank you. I do not feel as old as I have become. At least, most days. I appreciate the shout out on my birthday. 59 is going to be a good year. Grind on!!

I looked again. If you google "converting a folding blade into a fixed blade knife" several articles come up. The one I remember used some sort of bicycle chain or industrial chain as the tang after putting on a guard. I cannot find that particular one.

A long time ago, I remember seeing something on the interweb about this topic. More than 10 years ago, probably. I looked and cannot find it. But, the builder put on a guard and then pinned an extension to the blade that created the handle or went into the handle. I know that does not help...

Welcome to KD.

A long time ago, I think Anthony Self or another member did a how to on the installation. It was interesting as he created a little shelf for the glass to sit on. It might have been Bossdog. It may have been someone else, My memory is fading a bit and it was probably 10 years ago.

Opaul it looks like snakeskin. Very cool!

OPaul you must sell quite a few oyster knives.

Thank you. Here are the three stamps.

Thank you! The best part is the delivery to a new home. I get to do that later today. Total surprise.

Outstanding hamon - the knife really looks good. As usual your leather work is outstanding also. That's not basketweave, and it looks really deep. Tell us more about it. KenH - the stamping is a combination of three stamps. All I did was mark the area with a scribe. Used a 1/2 inch square...

1075 carbon steel blade w/ hamon. Stainless steel guard/pin, Siberian elm burl spacer, elk crown handle, dragon skin stamped sheath.

Just finished up. 1075, hamon, Siberian elm burl, elk antler, stainless guard, dragon skin stamped sheath.

Welcome to KD.

Beautiful. It is that time of the year.

A quick dip in acid will let you know if you got a hamon.

I usually rough shape around 25 knives. It will have 2-5 of various shapes. From there I batch them into 3 or 4 to work on at a time. Not necessarily all the same shape.

Lots of knife makers hire sheath makers.