'Shamu'- Loriendesign Prototype by Charles Vestal

sanding the ends of the scales to the correct angle
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How it fits together





I made this little tool. It is used as a scraper to remove a V shaped groove in the liner material.


The bent spacers


The sticky stuff


Everything ready to go together. The tang has been sandblasted to make a good surface for the epoxy to adhere to.


All glued up





Drilling for the pins


pins installed
 
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captions have all been added, stay tuned for the conclusion...
 
after handle shaping, everything is given a brushed like finish with a Scotch-Brite belt.


Using a file guide to set up where the texturing on top of the bolsters will go.


Before this photo was taken I used a spacer between the file guide and the checkering file to keep the lines perpendicular to the spine




 
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I enjoy WIP threads!

Thanks for taking the time!

Steve
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Member, W.F. Moran Jr. Foundation
ABS Apprentice Smith
 
thank you, Steve!

I'm waiting on the remainder of the captions to arrive before I post up the photos of the finished knife. I hope I did it justice! Charles did a hell of a good job :)
 
all the captions have been added- thank you, Charles!- photos of the finished knife will be posted tomorrow.

A big shout out to Charles for supplying the photos and the commentary.

I have no doubt, whatsoever, that at least a few of you following this thread with derive value from Charles' efforts and I would like to invite you to thank Charles for his service here. It's amazing to me how willing cutlers are to share their craft- if you appreciate that, say it!
 
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