I was asked by a couple different people if I had kept a photo log of the building process of my last couple of knives. Well, no, I hadn't. It didn't occur to me to do so. SO- with that in mind, I started on my next project today. I'm making a stag horn dirk.

Here's what the antler looked like originally. I used a rasp and a medium grit sanding head drill bit to clean the antler surface. (I thought about doing this build-along right after I had cut the handle piece. I apologize for not having a picture of the complete antler.)



There was a tine at the base of the crown, near the button. I cut it off and carved the base of the tine to a shape that feels really comfortable as part of the grip.



This is the initial cleanup of the handle:



This is what I plan to use for the pommel. You may notice that it's the same as the pommel on my sgian dubh. I did this so that the dirk would match it.



The seat for the button (Notice the super glue in the background! ):



The button seated, but not epoxied:



More to come!