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Got myself an Enzo Trapper blank in O1 and went to splitting out some Hedge for the handles. Made some rookie mistakes and didn't notice (you will in the pictures) a hairline fracture in one side. I crossed my fingers and kept on working. Pretty aggravating, but it doesn't look like it goes clear through. Also, the dark rings around the corbys are in fact burn marks. 
I used the E-Nep in the pics to rough out my boards, then put a semi flat side on them with my belt sander, finally surfaced them with sandpaper on a flat table top. Next I want to emulate a Martin sheath using a kydex insert with a leather exterior and because of the crack and the fact that this knife will probably skin some deer, I may have to polish the handles to help protect them. Right now all I've done is soak them in boiled linseed oil. I have seen people coat with super glue and then finish. What route would you guys suggest? Some pics I took along the way and the finished product.
enzo_bladeblank by city_ofthe_south, on Flickr
enzo_roughscales2 by city_ofthe_south, on Flickr
enzo_scales_rounded by city_ofthe_south, on Flickr
enzo_scales_finished2 by city_ofthe_south, on Flickr
enzo_scales_finished1 by city_ofthe_south, on Flickr
enzotrapper_buck2 by city_ofthe_south, on Flickr
enzotrapper_handledetail by city_ofthe_south, on Flickr
I used the E-Nep in the pics to rough out my boards, then put a semi flat side on them with my belt sander, finally surfaced them with sandpaper on a flat table top. Next I want to emulate a Martin sheath using a kydex insert with a leather exterior and because of the crack and the fact that this knife will probably skin some deer, I may have to polish the handles to help protect them. Right now all I've done is soak them in boiled linseed oil. I have seen people coat with super glue and then finish. What route would you guys suggest? Some pics I took along the way and the finished product.enzo_bladeblank by city_ofthe_south, on Flickrenzo_roughscales2 by city_ofthe_south, on Flickrenzo_scales_rounded by city_ofthe_south, on Flickrenzo_scales_finished2 by city_ofthe_south, on Flickrenzo_scales_finished1 by city_ofthe_south, on Flickrenzotrapper_buck2 by city_ofthe_south, on Flickrenzotrapper_handledetail by city_ofthe_south, on Flickr
