It's been long delays and inventive procrastination but here's a few more pics:
This is the end of the handle carved as a bind rune of my first name, and the bolster that I'd made in timber first and had cast in stirling silver also with a bind rune of a beneficial formula for the knife and weilder/bearer.


Drilling thru the handle and blade for rivetting:


And setting the rivet, but still to be countersunk:


I wont be rivetting the knife together just yet as I'm still not happy with the tempering of the blade. Now I just need to make a forge... but here's a good link I found for just that! http://64.176.180.203/washtubforge.htm
Erin