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Book marked Spalted Black Ash Burl scales with heavy inclusions really punch up this burl wood. This utility has a blade of 4 1/2 from tip to front of bolster. It is 8 1/2 over all and approx 0.180 thick. The steel is CPM154 mirror polished all the way with an 8 hollow grind. I did the heat and cryo treatment on this one. The wood was stabilized by WSSI of Iowa. The bolster has finger relief sculpted in the bottom edge and has a concave back side to secure the scale. One only pin is needed to hold the scale since the bolster holds the front of the scale in place. I had a big problem with this one 90% of the way through and nearly scrapped it. I had a chip come out of the bolster that was such an annoying flaw I couldnt have let it out of the shop. I decided it wasnt going to get the best of me and went to work on fixing it. A small design change and a little extra effort removed the flaw. Im glad I stuck with it as it seems to have turned out OK. Thanks for having a look....
