Hi all,

Got this far enough along that I think it will come out all right. This being the second attempt. First one's file work didn't turn out all that good.

Starting off with some of Devin Thomas's stainless banded ladder damascus -



Add into this some stabilized bog oak -



This is the first piece of damascus but it shows the piece laid out -



Trimmed out and drilled -



Fitted with the bolsters and slabbed bog oak -



I have to finish the sides of the handle material to keep the file work intact -