lance, there was a guy askn bout how to inset a "ma-duce" ejector/primer base into a knife handle. that got me to thinkn about using a 30mm or a 25mm casing for a handle. whats your thoughts? i could put it in a vise to flatn out the roundness to make it more handle like, but i like to be unique. it would slicker than owl poo on a hickery limb, what could i use to rough up the casing if it was left round? i dont have a lathe to run a checkering wheel over it, so what could i use instead?
It would work just fine and I would'nt flatten it out or rough it up. I would just buff the heck out of it and make it shine like a new penny but if you did rough it up I would just use a hand engraver like you would use to put your initials on your tools and just rough up the whole surface of the shell. It would'nt be much different than using the crown ( base ) part of a deer horn. You would just have to use more epoxy but that's no big deal. The thing is you will have to make a hidden tang knife with a slotted finger guard that will slide up the tang and but up to the base of the blade. That guard will need to be silver saughtered to the blade to keep it from moving around but I can do that for you or try to show you how to do it. I think it would look real cool and unique. This is fun, I love talking knives !
