I thought it turned out pretty well, considering. The epoxy doesn't really hold, even though I roughed up the tang. I had to re-glue one side and the other is loose at the butt. Oh, well. It also looks sort of ugly. I guess I could have done better. If I have to, I bought two cobalt 1/8th bits, and I could try to pin it, but I would really just start over. Something ain't right with the front of the handle. (It does look better in person.)
The wood is a slightly different type of South American hardwood from shipping crates. It's a little softer than the other I was using and doesn't shine up as nice. I'm deducting 4 points for minor blemishes, 4 points for weak glue and 4 more for general ugliness: make it an 88/100.
I thought it turned out pretty well, considering. The epoxy doesn't really hold, even though I roughed up the tang. I had to re-glue one side and the other is loose at the butt. Oh, well. It also looks sort of ugly. I guess I could have done better. If I have to, I bought two cobalt 1/8th bits, and I could try to pin it, but I would really just start over. Something ain't right with the front of the handle. (It does look better in person.)
The wood is a slightly different type of South American hardwood from shipping crates. It's a little softer than the other I was using and doesn't shine up as nice. I'm deducting 4 points for minor blemishes, 4 points for weak glue and 4 more for general ugliness: make it an 88/100.