Ok, I'll admit I'm fickle when it comes to my own knife. I like to keep on hand a Bowie that I can use but still looks pretty good even if it gets scuffed or ends up with a patina. So, I went through my old box of blades and picked out this one. It's 1095 steel X 10-1/8 inch X 2 inch wide. I hand sanded everything but the blade sides which are Scotch Brite finished. The fittings are a small amount of Bronze andforged 416 stainless, even the butt cap (domed in a swage block). The handle is stacked kiln dried Cherry wood. I turned each layer 90 degrees and clamped it up tight into a block. The Stag is Sambar that I bought without noticing a small crack up near the front so I cut that away and it worked out fine.
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