Knife Making: A Modern EDC Tanto

Enjoy this full build for a new tanto design I'm working on. Really liked the grind on this with the deep swedge. It almost gives it a dagger feel. Paired it with some nice shadowboxed redwood lace burl scales. The micarta liners (which were a last-minute add-on), complimented the colors in the wood nicely and pulled everything together. Lastly, I did two sheaths since the first "taco" sheath wasn't snapping into place nicely.

If you have any tips or tricks for shadowboxing scales or making taco sheaths fit better please let me know in the comments. Would love to know what you think of the complete build as well.

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MATERIALS:
80CrV2
Stabilized Redwood Lace
Natural Micarta Liner
Kydex
Ulti-clip

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