Here we make the finger guard and wooden handle for the knife.

Next we make the brass finger guard. I start by making one out of foamboard so I can tinker with sizes and the feel of it.

Looks about right. Let's make it out of brass.

To cut the brass finger guard I first drilled a hole at the end of the slot. Then I cut out the slot with a hacksaw. And finished it off with a file.

Next drill the handle holes according to the template.

I am drilling quarter inch holes because I will be using quarter inch brass rod stock.

I am going to make the handle out of a clear epoxy resin. But first I need a mold so I can cast the resin. And I do this by first making the handle pieces out of wood.The thickness here is about an inch and a half. That gives us a little bit of extra when we carve it down.

I first drilled out the holes in the whole block so they are an exact match to each other and to the knife. Then I cut that handle rightdown the middle, creating the two handle halves. Each is about 3/4 of an inch thick. At this point you could call these two wooden handle halves knife scales.

Bubinga Wood Knife Scale

Next assemble the handles to the blade and pin it all together with wooden dowels.

I am using wooden dowel because this is just a temporary assembly.

Secure it in a vise and use a rasp to shape the handle to what you want.

The handle looks good.

Let's Continue and make a copy of it in clear resin

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