Sharpi,
The boys just keep tearing it up.
Except for a few where I was pretty specific, I give James some creative leeway. We start with a Blade and a hilt material that we think work best with the handle material. Sometimes things change along the way, sometimes not. We've had a few lately where the blade found the handle. Some of this fossil was big and needed a big blade "to tame it" in James's words.
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Warren