Giving it a try. Converting and restoring.

[Canadian]

Scratch that. Looks like you already did.

[heirkb]

Your tang looks angled down too much IMO. It'd make the handle be lower at the butt end than the ferrule end, unless you drill a crooked tang slot into the handle. If anything, I'd angle the tang a tiny bit up relative to the rest of the knife.

Edit: I take that back. I personally would make the center line of the tang parallel to the spine of the knife like Mike did on his.

[Don Nguyen]

Your tang looks angled down too much IMO. It'd make the handle be lower at the butt end than the ferrule end, unless you drill a crooked tang slot into the handle. If anything, I'd angle the tang a tiny bit up relative to the rest of the knife.

Edit: I take that back. I personally would make the center line of the tang parallel to the spine of the knife like Mike did on his.

Good eye. I agree on getting the center line parallel with the spine (which means angling it up a bit). Should make things a bit easier down the road.

[jklip13]

that was one hell of a rust spot