Quote Originally Posted by mrbhagwan View Post
Nice work as always!

That's an interesting looking wood. To me, that finish and the grain pattern looks a lot like fine, soft leather, so it sort of looks like you're tucking away the blade in a wallet or in a leather jacket. Very cool.
It looks even more like leather in person, the wife and I both thought that....



Quote Originally Posted by ChrisL View Post
I like your eye for detail, Glen. It would be so easy in the process to forget about making the scales to allow for the Filly etch in the blade to be completely above the top scale line. You obviously were mindful of making sure the finished scales FEATURE the etch in a great way. Nice. Great color in that wood.

Chris L

Yep you are exactly right, the Filly etch was so imortant to the maker that they off center drilled the pivot to lift it above the line.. So I used the top arc from the old scales when I made this pattern so it would do the same....
I use that a lot I have realized, I trace the top and bottome arcs from the old scales and work outward from there, using a solid base then free handing the rest...