Thread: Shumate

Rescaled the Shumate, hoping to eliminate a slight offset in how the blade closed between the scales. I blamed the 3/32" tang hole for some possible slop in the angle, so I shimmed the tang hole with brass tubing and made new canvas micarta scales with sunspot kirinite wedge. It does look a lot better than the maroon linen micarta, but I have to admit that the blade still is less than absolutely dead center. I should have tested the straightness of the blade. Anyway, as my son said, nobody is going to notice the slight imperfection but me. OCD alive and well. I tried moving the blade by the directional peening method written about on this forum, but no improvement. I can live with it, I can live with it.................