First try at a Sgian Duhb

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I'm trying my hand at knife making, in the simplest sense. I purchased a few blade blanks off eBay, and acquired some deer antler from a friend.

Heres the chunk of antler, cut, polished, and ready for drilling.

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The crown polished up pretty well.

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The hole for the tang drilled and shaped.

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And as a mock-up, with the blade seated.

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The he next step will be to polish the business end of the horn,set the blade with some epoxy, and let it cure.

As as this is a gift for my 8 year old boy, I will not be sharpening the blade. The last step is going to be getting ionmhainn mhac engraved p the blade.

I certainly seesome some things I'll be doing differently. The blade isn't quite centered, leaning over the front of the grip a hair. I'll cut with a finer toothed saw, and take my time a little more. That will make polishing a little easier. That's about it. Let me know what you think. I'll add pics of the set blade, and the final product soon.