Is it possible, without damaging the blade, to grind down a western and fit a wa to it?
It's also possible to keep bolster and make octagonal hidden tang handle. Would save an hour or so.If the knife does not have a bolster, it is an easy conversion. It's the removal of the bolster and cleaning up the area where it was welded or brazed on that is the time-consuming part.
It's also possible to keep bolster and make octagonal hidden tang handle. Would save an hour or so.
But there could be problem if original tang was skeletonized (has holes in it to save weight). If those holes are in the center, it would be nearly impossible to make WA conversion. I've seen two such knives in my life (though one of them wasn't a kitchen knife).
When you say holes you mean not rivet holes right? As in the hole is a piece of steel cut out.
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