@ awbowman that is a good lookin knife you got there .. I have a 1945 Legitimus Collins and Co. machete I plan on making a matching handle for. As for Big Jim ,good luck , He kinda tried to talk me out of it But I bought and stabilized the pieces myself and shipped them to him "peer pressure"
I guess I'm just a pain in the ass when I want something but I searched and searched and everything I found said it couldn't or shouldn't be done . Big Jim is the exception so HATS OFF TO HIM