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gixxer you did very well that is a very nice knife.
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Nice, I am preparing shortly to start my first knife and can only hope it turns out that well!!!!
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Man that's awsome! The only posible negative I could come up with is the thumb rest might need to be slanted a little more to the rear, but without holding it it's hard to tell. And a personal preferance I hate a notch on the blade or choil, some people like them but I find they tent to hang up on stuf.
The paper thin gap your talking about is one reason a lot of makers use a fiber spacer. Especialy on natural materials that move a bit with humidity and temp changes the fiber spacer helps take up some of the shock. Also you can die your epoxy to match the spacer color and it'll help hide that hair thin line. It won't make up for poor fit, but it can make a good fit better. Still take a lot of dry fitting. Also you may have over tightened the corbies just a bit causing the scales to warp ever so slightly.
All in all light years ahead of my first, or 31'st! heck I kinda like the disk ground plung lines too! I love the shape and it looks like it would handle some seariouse heavy duty work.
The paper thin gap your talking about is one reason a lot of makers use a fiber spacer. Especialy on natural materials that move a bit with humidity and temp changes the fiber spacer helps take up some of the shock. Also you can die your epoxy to match the spacer color and it'll help hide that hair thin line. It won't make up for poor fit, but it can make a good fit better. Still take a lot of dry fitting. Also you may have over tightened the corbies just a bit causing the scales to warp ever so slightly.
All in all light years ahead of my first, or 31'st! heck I kinda like the disk ground plung lines too! I love the shape and it looks like it would handle some seariouse heavy duty work.