murphda2
Super Moderator and KD Blade Show Boss
I started this project a little over a week ago, but only have about three days work into this blade so far. After starting, I had to scrap the first blade and start over. I've really learned a new appreciation for those of you that make bowies look so good. With any luck, I'll have this one complete by Friday evening in order to make the drive back to Arkansas for the presentation Saturday morning.
Having to drill and file slots for guards and spacers is not only extremely time consuming, it flat out just sucks. My shoulder is killing me.
Steel: Aldo's 5160
Blade: 7" long and approximately 1 3/4" wide
Guard: Stainless
Spacers: 2 pieces of 1/4" stainless and 1 piece of 1/16" black paper micarta
Handle: Black Paper Micarta
Here are a few pics of my work thus far.
![IMG_9975.jpg IMG_9975.jpg](https://knifedogs.com/data/attachments/10/10116-facca25e8f85d8287209e59f8fc42ba0.jpg)
![IMG_1960.jpg IMG_1960.jpg](https://knifedogs.com/data/attachments/10/10115-5e213effeeecc1619ea2b8d70c3f499d.jpg)
![IMG_1839.jpg IMG_1839.jpg](https://knifedogs.com/data/attachments/10/10114-8ee0a908e0bba7c4312777a33c10b646.jpg)
Having to drill and file slots for guards and spacers is not only extremely time consuming, it flat out just sucks. My shoulder is killing me.
Steel: Aldo's 5160
Blade: 7" long and approximately 1 3/4" wide
Guard: Stainless
Spacers: 2 pieces of 1/4" stainless and 1 piece of 1/16" black paper micarta
Handle: Black Paper Micarta
Here are a few pics of my work thus far.
![IMG_9975.jpg IMG_9975.jpg](https://knifedogs.com/data/attachments/10/10116-facca25e8f85d8287209e59f8fc42ba0.jpg)
![IMG_1960.jpg IMG_1960.jpg](https://knifedogs.com/data/attachments/10/10115-5e213effeeecc1619ea2b8d70c3f499d.jpg)
![IMG_1839.jpg IMG_1839.jpg](https://knifedogs.com/data/attachments/10/10114-8ee0a908e0bba7c4312777a33c10b646.jpg)