Thanks so much! I really appreciate you taking the time. I appreciate the warning. I've done more than a few handles, but never a Kephart specifically. I don't mind taking my time and doing them by hand if necessary. It's just a side project I'm thinking about doing for fun so I could afford to take my time with it. Unfortunately the factory micarta isn't available anywhere in Canada at the moment, and to get them shipped from one of the few stores which have them in the US is prohibitively expensive. Tomar's would be $106 CAD total, plus import fees. I can pick up a 12" x 6" x 3/8" block of micarta, epoxy and corby bolts for just over half that. Plus I like the idea of it being sealed under the scales as I live in a very wet environment.
My go to knife making supply store has 0.213" brass and 0.186" stainless shank diameter corby bolts in stock, so I could either bore the holes out for the 0.213" or go with the slightly undersized corby's and just make sure the small gap between the shank and tang is filled with epoxy. Either which way, thank you again for your help!
