the curse of cheap swedish furniture that's made in china! I like looking at the IKEA catalog for inspiration (AKA, what designs could I base something off of so it looks similar but lasts more than a year)
on another note, got the other knife blank most of the way sharpened. now I just have to sand the blade to take out any scratches, make and solder on a new guard, sand again and then drill the tang so it fits to the hole through the handle without leaving a gap below the guard and having the holes perfectly concentric with one another, which will be the hardest part. at least I can reuse the handle but it won't be easy. the failed knife now letter opener is gonna get an oak handle so I can save the other laminated micarta/G10 slabs for another project
also I should really get some of that awesome orange pumice soap
Last edited: Aug 29, 2015