Hello to all my fellow scar collectors, Here's my meagre attempt at doing this blade justice. I caught the knife handle-making bug from one of those birch and antler kits - wow was I chuffed with the result... at the time! Now I see the tiny misbalance and subtle vulgarity of my naivety. Damnit, and I was so happy too. Many knives later, I'm kidding myself I can do the truly beautiful Julius Pettersson blade. I nearly cried when I first saw it in my hand (great delivery service by the way)... [caption id="attachment_3604" align="aligncenter" width="394"] Steve Watts' Julius Pettersson Knife[/caption] I am afraid that I did the deceptive Brass and Linseeded Hickory. I was tempted to crudely mark my name into the wood like on all of grandfather's tools that I used to make it. I am sad I won't see how it looks in 50 years, I think the ol' fart woulda liked it. Happy trails everyone, Steve Watts