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Bespoke Knife Shape is Done

I started working on this last September (2019).  Boy, I am glad I didn't finish last year.  Quarantine sucks, but a good project makes it better. The shaping took a lot of time.  I have had plenty of that during the quarantine.  The kit came with four files (1 rough wood file, and three fine wood/metal files).  I was able to make a knife handle that fits my big hands.  Most scales are very thin and I grab more of my own hand.  The kit also included sand paper down to 600 grit to finish.  I wish I would have had some stain on hand to put a proper dark tone to the handle, but I left it natural. The leather sheath was wet formed to the knife and left in its natural color tone too.