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Making a San Mai Tanto - Chapter #4: The Wooden Sheath
Here's the previous installment:
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=351296
Two pieces of African Padauk (9" x 2 1/2" x 1/2") to start working on the handle.
Marking the contour of the blade with a pen.
Marked pieces.
Milling the space for the blade. I don't have a milling machine so I move the piece myself. The depth of the milling is half of the blade width for each wooden side.
Finishing with a file.
Checking the exact fitting.
Making some 2mm holes (1/4" depth) to later put some wooden pegs there to keep the halves together.
Here's the previous installment:
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=351296
Two pieces of African Padauk (9" x 2 1/2" x 1/2") to start working on the handle.

Marking the contour of the blade with a pen.

Marked pieces.

Milling the space for the blade. I don't have a milling machine so I move the piece myself. The depth of the milling is half of the blade width for each wooden side.


Finishing with a file.

Checking the exact fitting.


Making some 2mm holes (1/4" depth) to later put some wooden pegs there to keep the halves together.
