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Dixieblade57

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I want to make a ferrule for a knife with a stag type handle from a solid piece of wrought iron. In other words I need to somehow bore a hole and then fit the stag to it! I want the hole close to size, so that I don't have to do a lot of fitting on the antler. I don't want the stag to look sized down if possible!

I borrowed this image from another post to illustrate what I was trying to accomplish.

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I am looking for a way to do this perhaps on a drill press. The largest bit I have is 1/2" so if I try to bore a hole and enlarge it to 1" approxamtely. Well that looks like a recipe for disaster.

Any thoughts on how to do this?
 
Is WI large enough to saw a strip from? If so, and if the knife will have a guard, make a ring with a silver brazed joint.
 
Thanks guys it looks like I found out late today I have got a few issues to deal with before I get to worry about this! Take a look at my post Just MY Luck!
 
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