Congratulations.

Looking good Adam.

Side view  Completed-4.jpg

Today I finished the carving.  Completed-3.jpg

Another photo.  Sanded-1.jpg

I have beveled and sanded the weave and haunch knot. Tomorrow, I will add the grace lines to give it more body. Sanded-2.jpg

Es muy bonita!

I buy both the W1 and the O1 from McMaster Carr in 1" rounds, 36" long

I just realized that I had to redo the layout for the weave, but never posted the pic of the second layout. Here it is.  Dialed-in.JPG

A side shot  Rough-Cuts-done-3.jpg

Minor progress to report. I got the weave and haunches roughed in over the last few days. This is done with a few wood carving chisels, a couple of po...

Domed pins: There are a couple of videos on the ABS YouTube channel by Nick Wheeler about how to do this. Most of us use a system similar to his.

One method to fix this is to take a center punch and peen around the tang slot on the handle side. This will push small amouts of material toward the ...

The partial or stub tang is probably the oldest handle form known to humans. It certainly dates back well beyond the Iron age, and even as early as th...

This is something I have spent a good deal of time cosidering throughout my Maker's journey. Hancock and and I also had numerous discussions about des...