Thread: San mai style skinning knife build

Next was the final grind and polish process which I didnt seem to take any pics of?



Onto the scales, I went with the Wenge wood as predicted and roughed out the shape then used the belt sander again to give them the final shape. I used a couple of tight fitting drill bits to hold them in place while shaping as they had to come off again to etch the blade.









I wanted fairly thin scales as I tend to only hold the knife with my thumb and forefingers when skinning.





Its about this stage when I remember how much I dislike working with wood and why doing wood work in an engineering workshop is a stupid idea.
The mess aside, I got it to a stage where it could be epoxied on and final sanding/oiling after the blade is etched.