Thanks John and thanks Rob, I really like the the hidden tang with leather washers and stag like this. Years ago, when I first saw this brow tine handle on an original Scagel design I thought it was kind stupid, until I made one and felt it in my hand for myself. Then I realized what a nice design it really is was, to get up inside a deer to cut the wind pipe give a couple extra inches of reach when you need it. FWIW I've noticed that brow tines between 2-3" work the best, they don't poke you or get in the way, less than 2" they poke you and longer than 3" they start getting the way. Also FWIW I used two different materials for the white spacers on the handles, the clip points have camel bone and the brow tine hunter has mammoth ivory. The camel bone was way more hassle and time consuming than it was worth, as far as keeping it clean, the pores fill right up with buffing compound, the ivory buffs out nicely. Sorry about the long winded post, but just thought you guys might like to know. That's not a gap it's just the way the light is hitting it.