For me, one of the most frustrating things about making a knife is taking a perfectly ground and polished blade, gluing a rough guard and block of wood to it and then attempting to shape and polish all of these components together without damaging the blade. I usually end up in a circular pattern of chasing scratches between the guard and the blade, fixing one and messing up the other. Several knives ago it dawned on me that this need not be the case. The following sequence will illustrate my method of knife construction which works on both stick tang and through tang knives.
I begin the process with my finished blade, my fully finished guard, and my handle material. first I profile the handle on my sander, Then I mark my center lines all around the handle. Next I square up the face of the block and put the proper predetermined angle on it as it relates to the guard.
I begin the process with my finished blade, my fully finished guard, and my handle material. first I profile the handle on my sander, Then I mark my center lines all around the handle. Next I square up the face of the block and put the proper predetermined angle on it as it relates to the guard.
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