Holy cow! Thanks guys for all the advice. I just did some filing on my knife and i'm loving how its going. At first it was pretty tough, but after I got in the groove it started getting easier. I've been working on it for a few hours now (longer than I should have because of all my homework). It's not perfect but let me know what you guys think.
Oh, and I ended up using a vise-grip to clamp it down to a piece of particle board on the tang.