Handle question

[archeryrob]

I have always wanted to make knives since I was a kid but dad squashed that with not letting me make a forge. Since then many other hobbies have taken over. I went to a F&I Marketfair and saw a guy selling blanks and bought a nice utility, drop pointed working knife I'd like to carry hunting. Its blackened already and I would like to keep this look.

What I am confused with is when I epoxy and pin the handle I have to sand it. Sanding it going to remove all the black on the tang. How can I prevent that or reblacken it? I assume I can't do it with oil without burning the epoxy and wood.

I had some cherry blurles from my fire wood pile I saved and I cut them up 3/8" thick on the table saw.

[archeryrob]

Nevermind, I just pinned and sanded them and will worry about oiling and hoping its fine.





Now how about making a deer hide sheath with a rawhide liner? Any thoughts on this? I asked on another forum where they post a lot of blade stuff and it got quite fast. Seems people make knife but aren't interested in sheaths.