Rich,...
Gimme a shout with ur addy when your ready for handling the blade,...
i have some of the birch from Brockwell cut into scales if you want to use that,...
its not quite dry yet but hasnt split and has a nice spalted figure in it,...
i owe you one anyroad,...what size holes u drillin in the tang,...?
if you do 8mm, i'll make you some pins up dude,...
Stu