CPE_Knives
Knifemaker / Craftsman / Service Provider
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This one is an 18" W2 blade with an eland bone handle. It will have a habaki and guard. I am also planning on making it a takedown with a mekugi pin. I am going to either line the bone cavity with a fitted epoxied copper liner or bed it in fiberglass like a rifle stock. Haven't figured that part out yet.
I am going to try and cast the caps for the bone in bronze. If that doesn't work it will be fitted and brazed copper. This will be my first casting experiment so I am not sure how it will come out. Also going to try some scrimshaw and a leather wrap on the bone.
The bone is fit and it is ready for the hamon.
![20240320_162157.jpg 20240320_162157.jpg](https://www.bladeforums.com/data/attachments/2224/2224316-46ad0b4e6bba0d7a32595cf5408f82e2.jpg)
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I am going to try and cast the caps for the bone in bronze. If that doesn't work it will be fitted and brazed copper. This will be my first casting experiment so I am not sure how it will come out. Also going to try some scrimshaw and a leather wrap on the bone.
The bone is fit and it is ready for the hamon.
![20240320_162157.jpg 20240320_162157.jpg](https://www.bladeforums.com/data/attachments/2224/2224316-46ad0b4e6bba0d7a32595cf5408f82e2.jpg)
![20240320_162213.jpg 20240320_162213.jpg](https://www.bladeforums.com/data/attachments/2224/2224317-ccf02650fb5d44b51020daf6e6d9dec3.jpg)
![20240320_192910.jpg 20240320_192910.jpg](https://www.bladeforums.com/data/attachments/2224/2224318-0eb147eda42c0d650455af3d2a5caa0b.jpg)