Edit... the tang being offset and a little short does "bother me".... guess that's the nature of this knife being a hail marry to salvage the project....

I decided to go back with my file guide and carbide endmill and true up this shoulder a little... I used the mill on the flats. I carefully moved towa...

Man, it's fun! Don't thank me... this is my way to learn from the gurus in this forum! 😉

Added some electrical tape to the back of my 320 and 600 grit ryno-wet to get in the choil area:[img/span>[img/span>[img/span>Also cleaned up the spin...

Finishing profile:[img/span>Marking center:[img/span>Got some grinding to do in order to get this guy even![img/span>Roughing it on the 60 grit (first...

PLOT TWIST!!!Any moderators out there.... feel free to rename this thread to.... "The Bowie WIP that Ended with a Kitchen Knife" [img/span>cleaning ...

Very cool, thank you for the information sir! I'll page through that WIP for sure.

Thank you greatly for the tips sir! On #4, do you use a file guide and grinder for the shoulders? Or do you draw temper the ricasso so that you can us...

Post tempering:[img/span>

Getting the profile ground:[img/span>[img/span>Trying to use the mill for the shoulders... may be more trouble than it's worth. I need practice with t...

So I may have let yall down and failed this project already... We'll see: My weak forging lol: [imgbr />[img/p> Had to shim on t...

A test etch before forging: [imgbr /> Be gentle guys... like I said my hammering skills are terrible. I don't think my knife is going to be as lar...

Thank you sir, on your first point I was looking at it this week and agree... I'm thinking a little less than 3/16ths. I'm going to do my best to forg...

I apologize Dylan, I don't fully understand your question

I think I may end up having to cut it in half and stack it one last time to get the dimensions I'll need. 😓