That's cool Clarkm.
Doing the metal interested me more than the handle.
I should have done like you though. I was pretty much set up
to work wood, didn't have much for this kind of metal work.
Still haven't heated those blades, I need to do it in the evening,
and every evening has been busy untill 9 or 10.
Set up, heat, quench 2x1 hour tempers with enough time to cool
between them, that would go way past my bedtime!
Darn, I'm getting old.
