OK so I've seen a lot of these blanks from the old Camillus factory on eBay. I think it would be kinda cool to buy a blade and give it it's final finishing, sharpening, and make a handle for it.
I can figure out how to finish (figure I'll just use Mother's mag and wheel polish on a rotary tool), and how to give a sharp edge (I do it with my 8000 grit waterstone). The thing that's getting me is how to make the handle.
I figure I'd buy a couple of blank blocks of wood sketch the outline of the tang, cut it and inlet it until it fits, etc... But what about the rivets? How do it hold it all together once i've managed to fit the slabs to the side of the tang?
I can figure out how to finish (figure I'll just use Mother's mag and wheel polish on a rotary tool), and how to give a sharp edge (I do it with my 8000 grit waterstone). The thing that's getting me is how to make the handle.
I figure I'd buy a couple of blank blocks of wood sketch the outline of the tang, cut it and inlet it until it fits, etc... But what about the rivets? How do it hold it all together once i've managed to fit the slabs to the side of the tang?