Thank you Lin! Looks great.

Very nice Lin

Way cool. I think between this and the herb chopper, we have a couple of posts that will really interest the blacksmith crowd. I hope you don't mind me sending links to these two projects to the admin of AABA (Arizona Artist Blacksmiths assoc.) for linking on our website.

What's the round spot on the inside of the guard? Is there a post coming off the ricasso area that holds the guard/handle section?

Thanks guys.

Yes Joshua, I filed a stud on the ricasso's corner and fit it into a hole drilled into the finger guard. There's usually some flex in that area and this just steadies it.

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Thanks guys.

Yes Joshua, I filed a stud on the ricasso's corner and fit it into a hole drilled into the finger guard. There's usually some flex in that area and this just steadies it.

Got any pictures of that process?

Joshua, that detail was an afterthought and I did not get a picture. Here is a picture of the blade while still straight and you might can see that the corner of the ricasso is protruding a little. I just took the corner of a flat file and filed a tenon on about a 45 degree angle thinking that would likely be tangent with the area of contact.

Ideas like this come from the blacksmithing side of the equation. This small feature is done routinely in historic lock making. Just to show you, here is a lock I made with Peter Ross. These small tenons (along the band rim)are forged square and then filed to finish. They are about 3/16 square and 1-1/4 inch long. It actually has a "T" in the middle to hold the piece to the lock band. Point being is that this technique is routine in historic settings.

Outstanding as usual Lin! I need a day off rotations so I can come downtown and pester you again, it quickly became a favorite hobby of mine!

Thanks Grant. Come on down when you can.