Wow gruff thanks for the advice... I never thought of that. The guard is nickel silver so it may work. Thank you also for the compliments!Looking good Kevin. One thing you can do to "tighten" the slot against the blade is to lightly peen the edges of the face side and if you peen the whole face it will give you another look as against a satin finished guard. Guards are often done in mild steel and left with various finishes and even fire blued on the peened surface can be a nice look if you choose a handle material and blade finish to compliment it. That is going to be a very fine looking knife when finished. Paitence and forethought will get you as good a finished knife as can be had by any means of making.
That my friend is what I call a saddle style guard!! Not sure it that is the proper terminology but that is what I call them!!
Looking good! And it has crisp, clean lines too...Wow gruff thanks for the advice... I never thought of that. The guard is nickel silver so it may work. Thank you also for the compliments!
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Thanks, Dennis! I’ve got my fingers crossed lol.Going to be killer!
There’s a 1/8 pin in it and it’s only 1/4 wide lol. I went slow slow! Thanks everyone for the great comments.Looks good Kev!! How are you attaching the guard??
Thanks! I got it from GeneK. He has beautiful wood! It’s 3DNice. I especially like your handle shape. Looks comfortable with beautiful grain, too.