I was getting the fish lips at the tip. This would be the first knife. I grind it out.
Also I have a another question I am planning on putting wood scales on these and if I want to use handle screws how do you determine how big I should get. Just add the 2 starting materials together or the finished sizes after grinding or a third option? To me going off of the starting sizes really doesn't help to much because of the grinding, which is the same for the 2nd option also.