junker Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 this is a leaf spring bowie a ranger friend of mine wanted (made to his shape specs). i've got the forgeing part finished, have a very light grind on it just to nock out all the pits and make sure it's flat with no bumps, and i have it oil quenched after i normalized it 2 times. how should i go about grinding straight, even bevels onto it. and how should i handle it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golgotha forge & anvil Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 It looks really great so far! As far as the handle is concerned there's all kinds of variations..antler, bone, wood, leather...the sky is the limit! Or u can use a combination of those..u've got a full tang so it should be pretty simple..as far as the grinding is concerned..practice..that's the key thing... Gene Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edge9001 Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 If it were mine, I would go with a stacked leather washer handle, remeniscent of the handle on a marine corp Kbar. If a friend of mine made me one with your blade design and that handle back when I was still in the service, I would have been exstatic(spelling). the best part of the leather handle if you make a handgard and a buttcap and the rest is just pieces of leather stanck, glued and then shaped. could be an easy handle. that would take the abuse a service knife might get put through Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junker Posted August 9, 2010 Author Share Posted August 9, 2010 is the tang too thick for leather stack? and how do you attach the buttcap, threaded or peened? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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