Thanks guys.
Matt, it really looks scary when you first take a perfectly good blade out of the bleach eh?
Fittings will be fun. I am thinking a slightly s shaped guard and I can't help but put some copper in there somewhere. Between the fairly light colored ivory, and the dark blade a splash of color is going to look pretty cool I think.
All I got done today was some preparation for fittings......cleaned up and threaded the tang. And got another blade almost ready to ship way over to the eastern seaboard........
Darcy