Still, I didn't want to give her some huge stockman or something like that, so I chose a Case Peanut. I had this orange SS model, I thought it would make a good donor knife.
I took the knife apart and put some ruby red smooth bone on it. I took the Case shield and ground it smooth so I could have her intitials engraved on it.
I got the knife all together, hafted and polished, then took it to get it engraved. When I went to pick it up, I just about threw up. They had engraved the shield, but upside down. That is, the letters were right side up when the knife blades were facing down. I know I have seen shields that I consider "upside down", but that is not how I wanted this to look. So, I took the knife apart, drilled a hole in the back side of the liner, and was able to pop out the shield and turn it around. I got the knife back together, again, and got it finished.
Not how I imagined the build would go, but I was happy with the outcome.
Glenn
