I did snap a shot of the bottom last night but went to bed early.
I took little pains to get it "perfect" so understand you are looking at my experiment. I filed the tang a little to get it flatter and to provide the liners with a stop at the front. Still there are some things to change and do different in my process if this were a dressed up knife.
The idea of putting a liner on is the real experiment. I was thinking it would add support to the scales allowing for some hammer blending the edges. I did a little of that but not quite enough since I was in danger of hitting my scale edges. Next time ( if there is a next time) I will pin the liners on first using separate hidden pins, hammer them till it looks good and add the scales with the main pins.
I realize it is important to get the tang as flat as reasonably possible. Karl mills his which removes all doubt. I am trying an option that does not require a mill but still allows for the adjustment (the liner) to make a nice joint. This was an attempt to develop a systematic set of steps that will allow for the correction (within limits of course)of irregularities in flatness, etc. I am working toward getting an understanding of a process that I can comfortably use to produce this style of knife and full tang handle that will consistently turn out nice. The things I learn on this knife will help me on other knives. We teach testing of our blades but I think testing our ideas in real time is important too.
Topic: Brute practice (Read 1148 times)
