EDC WIP
I had a small piece of scrap 1084 (measuring about 2x1 1/4x5/32) that I was planning on using for a tomahawk and decided to wait since I do not possess a drift. Instead of letting it rust away I decided to make myself a little EDC. I should've taken pictures from much earlier in the process but we all know what a piece of barstock looks like and what it looks like covered in scale. I forged it pretty close to shape but have yet to get bevels forged right on any piece so I had a bunch of filing a
A frame handle is a little different than that, but it is another good way to fit a handle around the tang. In a frame handle design, the handle is made and completed off of the knife as a separate element. The tang is shaped more like a triangle with the point cut off, centered on the back of the ricasso. Here is a small dagger I'm making with a frame handle of 416 SS frame and bone scales. The first pic shows it dismantled (mostly). The frame is cut out to fit around the tang and is pinned to