Update!
A member here asked me a darn good question... "what if the winner doesn't have a good drill?"
Well, we got that covered folks.
If you win, you got a couple choices...
1) do your own drilling in the tang and handle slabs if you can
or...
2) let me know what your basic profile will be, and I'll drill the tang and slabs for you. I'll leave plenty of room so you can shape the tang and scales how you want.
Same goes for basic profiling of the blade... I'll be honest, filing a profile takes awhile. If you win and don't have a good drill/hacksaw/etc, let me know what style blade you want, and I'll cut it fairly close. That will save you some time and give you some "wiggle-room" to make it the way you want.
Regardless, I'll provide links, tutorials and tips to show you how to make it all happen.
The winner will still have to file the bevels, and mount/shape/assemble the handles! This takes work and care. That's the whole idea... you gonna work yer butt off if you win this kit, but the finished product will be YOURS! Elbow-grease and sweat-equity, baby!
If you win and finish the project, I promise you'll never regret it
