building a knife and a sheath, part 4 - roughing the handle

So once it was all drilled I could then set the blade in place and start to make the handle shape, lots of sandpaper, just boring old 80 grit to remove the maximum possible, a sanding block and a coping saw for the really gross removal.

photos will show better than words I think...

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Next its time to glue the blade to the scales so that the handle can be further shaped.

Shelley