Tai - ain't it easy when you know how?
always wanted to say that - thanks for showing this way of doing the blade collar. Beats drilling and filing through a solid piece, especially if the tang is irregular sort of a pentagon shape or something.
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Thank you for sharing, Tai, that does look a lot easier than filing a slot to the perfect shape. Looks like it's going to be another incredible blade, too.
I heard a knifemaker comment recently about Rustyboy's knives, "As your knifemaking matures, you're going to find that you want ricassos." I burst out laughing. Couldn't help it. Tai, that is a lovely atypical ricasso area.
Here's sort of where I'm going with it, basically, but it'll have a semi octagonal wood handle wrapped with Turks head knots and capped off with metal on the ends. I'm not a good enough drawer to draw that.