making a sgian dubh handle

[IRISH]

Any questions?

yes. many/most sgian blades i've seen have tapered tangs, with the narrow end widening as it reaches the blade. how does one drill a hole in the handle to accomodate that tapered dimension?

thanks for the tutorial. regards.

[fortcollinsjerry]

yes. many/most sgian blades i've seen have tapered tangs, with the narrow end widening as it reaches the blade. how does one drill a hole in the handle to accomodate that tapered dimension?

thanks for the tutorial. regards.

How I'd handle that (no pun intended) is to simply reshape the tang - narrowing it at the blade untill there is a shoulder. Lay out your line's with a scribe and hacksaw close - then work at the rest with a file. You don't have to be really precise with it because that part of the blade will be buried in the handle. It will take a little more work but in the end you'll have something useful.

[Panache]

Nice tutorial.

Cheers

Jamie