Missed this post earlier, sorry about that Scott.
The blades are ground, the amboyna burl and the leather stacks are ready for the handles. I picked up a Jewelers saw for cutting the guards and end plates, it's no minimill, but it works amazingly well (if anyone has any questions about Jewelers saws, let me know. They are a fascinating little creature that I can see becoming insanely handy)
I'll have some good shop time the last half of this week, I'll be finishing the sheaths for the Bowie's and doing HT on the #1's. Thermal cycles were done after profiling, but pre grind (heats to 1650, 1550, 1450, 1350), Next they'll get a couple of hours at around 1200 degrees, and them ramped up for the quench in Parks 50, followed up with two temper cycles. That way the moment the Bowie sheaths are done I can get to fitting guards and end plates. No worries, these are definitely happening and I think will be epic little buggers.