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Second, this has been a lot of fun, and I have learned a lot. It is not perfect. the grind has flaws and I am not anywhere near being done yet.
Things I still need to do is shape the handle. I just epoxied the wood to the steel and need to file/sand it down about 50% or so. I tried cutting the wood i half, but I suck and could not get it anywhere near evenly cut. I decided to use the full width of the scale I bought and just file down to what will be the final handle.
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Perfection requires experience. More experience than I currently have. No hand-made knife will be "perfect," with reguards symmetry, etc. until you've been making knives for a long,
long time.
Grind lines also improve with experience, and from what I can see in the pics, yours look very good for a 1st knife. You'll learn more, and get better with each knife you make.
Until you get a high-end precision bandsaw and a lot of hands-on time with it, it'll be more practical to just grind/file away excess handle material as you said.
Looking good. Keep it up!
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I'm not an expert, and I hope this post doesn't come across sounding like advice from someone who thinks themself to be one. This advice was given to me from masters of the craft, who were kind enough to share it with me. I'm just passing it on, hoping it will help.