Debra,
I'm not an authority on this. That being said, I think vacuuming it out will be fine. The dangers of this are in handling and being exposed to airborne fibers long term on a daily basis.
Hope this helps,
LouieIV
Wow! amazing first effort. Beautiful knife.
You say 'first forged knife' just wondering if you've done stock removal before? Either way great job!
-LouieIV
Hmmm, these didn't come up as thumbnails? I uploaded to the gallery and then linked to the gallery pics and this is how they came out.
I won't post any more until I can get them to thumbnail.
Sorry dial up people.
-LouieIV
Edit: I just uploaded straight from my HD and they came out fine.