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After another couple of tries and another couple of failures I did get a guard and pommel riveted together correctly and neatly, and then finished them on the large linisher again to leave a flat surface next to where you grip and the rivet heads exposed on the outside as a decorative detail. The edges were finished and beveled also on the linisher and the flat backs then sanded down with emery paper up to 400 grit using a granite slab as a flat surface to ensure they didn't get too uneven. The teak was then oiled with 8 coats of danish oil and wax-polished. The holes in the center of each were then gradually opened out using needle files to fit the tang of the blade in a process that took about 4 hours.
With most of the parts now made it was time for a test assembly. The first stage of the process was "burn-in" the tang of the blade by heating it up to about 400C and then pushing the handle over it until the heat burns the opening wide enough for the tang to fit snugly. This had to be done before the final hardening of the blade as otherwise the heat from this process would ruin the temper of the blade and make it impossible to sharpen properly.
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