So on a recent cruise I bought my son a small "jack sparrow" cutlas for him to play with...and recently I picked it up and its PERFECT, fits my hand like a glove, is small but cool looking and would make a great "real" project. So I used it to trace out on some 1095 I got from Aldo, and im cutting out the shape, now here are the questions:
1) can I use a router with a small round stone bit to make a fuller
2) the handle is a through tang on the tou , but I was thinking about a full tang becase im such a noob at this stuff, what do you think?
3) I was thinking about the handguards but all I have is some copper sheet, would you use this for a handguard, I know this my project, but I like other ideas.
The steel is pre annealed so cutting wont be a problem, bring the whole thing up to non magnetic for the quench will be fun, but i'll burn that bridge when I get to it. Thanks.