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Here are all of the pins installed

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The knife has been rough shaped on the grinder, and I am touching it up with a cabinet maker's file.  It works great and is easier to get things accurate than it is with a belt that is hogging off material at a very fast pace.

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The handle has been hand sanded to 600 grit at this point.  I buff the wood and micarta to give it a nice glossy sheen.  My hands are pretty dusty at this point

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Here it is all clean and buffed.  It feels great in the hand.  I hope it makes it's new owner happy.

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Here I am making the pattern for the sheath.  It never made a lot of sense to me to make an expensive knife and not make a decent place to put it.  I actually enjoy making sheaths now that I have my new sewing machine.

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This is the pattern I made from this knife.  I got the information from Paul Long on his DVD.  He gives great information and is a very nice man in general.  He gave his phone number on his DVD, and I called him with some questions.  Guess what,  he actually answered and gave me really great advice.  

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Traced on the leather.  

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Cut out

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Border is gouged at this point.

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I started a basket weave pattern, using my small basket weave stamp.  I have a larger one which makes the entire process go about 4 times faster, but I like the look of the smaller one better.  That thing is really tiny, and this process takes forever.

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Half done.

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All done with the filler.  This process probably took me about 40 minutes, maybe a little less.  

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This is where I am for tonight.  I did a border around the edge of the basketweave, and made some accent lines around the opening of the knife.  They are all small things, but make a huge difference in the final result.  

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