
I spent most of the day looking after the daughter while the wife slept off the last of whatever cold is eating away at her right now but once we got through dinner, it was game on. I grabbed the bit of 3/32 O-1 I had the pattern scrawled on and headed for the bench. After about an hour and a half of grinding, checking, shaping, grinding, cooling, grinding, cursing, grinding some more, and finally running the edge with the belt sander I had what I was after more or less.

The picture is crappy. The tray on the belt sander hides the contours of the handle... bad idea. Anyhow I've decided to use the amboyna there and it's matching sibling for scales. 6 or 8, 1/16th " pins and a thong hole and I think we'll be there. Maybe mosaic pin, maybe not... the jury is out. Now I need a smaller knife to go with it and I may (just may) try to get a hamon on this one. Lots of work yet. We'll see where we get to.
Next up: The Grind. What kind and how to do it....
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