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Blade length: 2 7/8".
Cutting edge: 2 3/4".
OAL: 6 3/4".
It was a challenging and fun build. Not sure why, but when I was developing this pattern, I decided to call it the Monkey Boy. Small, agile, ready for anything?
I stopped in at Jantz to get some of the textured G10. This is my first time using it. Not only is it textured, but it is thinner at the edges, thicker down the middle. It was labeled "1/8"," but it is about 7/32" thick down the middle. Due to the curvature of it, I thought it would be difficult to clamp, drill, and cut. With care, everything came out nice and tight. In drilling and cutting, I worked from the inside surface "outward," and used popsicle sticks for shimming, to keep it stable and relatively square.
This was my first build with peened pins. As you can see, I also peened the lanyard tube. One reason I peened that tube was I thought it would create a nicer effect than just sanding and grinding with a Dremel tool, and of course, I wanted to get it down as close as possible to the surface of the handle scales, without grinding into the scales themselves.
Cutting edge: 2 3/4".
OAL: 6 3/4".
It was a challenging and fun build. Not sure why, but when I was developing this pattern, I decided to call it the Monkey Boy. Small, agile, ready for anything?
I stopped in at Jantz to get some of the textured G10. This is my first time using it. Not only is it textured, but it is thinner at the edges, thicker down the middle. It was labeled "1/8"," but it is about 7/32" thick down the middle. Due to the curvature of it, I thought it would be difficult to clamp, drill, and cut. With care, everything came out nice and tight. In drilling and cutting, I worked from the inside surface "outward," and used popsicle sticks for shimming, to keep it stable and relatively square.
This was my first build with peened pins. As you can see, I also peened the lanyard tube. One reason I peened that tube was I thought it would create a nicer effect than just sanding and grinding with a Dremel tool, and of course, I wanted to get it down as close as possible to the surface of the handle scales, without grinding into the scales themselves.
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