I'm working on my first tapered tang knife which I've also decided to add dovetailed bolsters to. I've done 2 sets of bolsters before (one stainless and one micarta), but they were on flat tangs so I just pinned them together to shape them and finish the fronts before installing them (the same way I also do my scales on flat tangs without bolsters.)
I'm getting close to start shaping, dovetailing, and finishing the fronts of these bolsters, and when I pinned them together I realized that since the bolsters are not parallel to each other my 'normal' way of doing this is not going to work! Is there a trick to shaping and finishing tapered tang bolsters together so that they match each other?
Thanks in advance for any help!
I'm getting close to start shaping, dovetailing, and finishing the fronts of these bolsters, and when I pinned them together I realized that since the bolsters are not parallel to each other my 'normal' way of doing this is not going to work! Is there a trick to shaping and finishing tapered tang bolsters together so that they match each other?
Thanks in advance for any help!
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