more spoon knife

I have sanded the wood flush with the blade on the first half of the knife handle, then I drilled to finish the holes from the blade through the wood. If I didn't do that first, when both sides of the handle are in place, I would be unable to locate the holes for the brass pins to fit. In the photo you see gluing on the second side of the handle. I am careful to glue the piece with perfectly matching grain, so both sides of the handle look as though cut from a single piece of wood.

Can you imagine making knives for use in a conventional public school? Nearly any object can be used as a weapon. Just think about he game and movie, "Clue." Now who was it that was killed with the lead pipe?

But knives have always been tools. It is only through the darkness of modern imagination and the stupidity of gaming and television and the fears that arise from them that we have been deprived of this essential tool of human creativity. Welcome to the dark ages.

For earlier steps in making this knife, read below.