When I started making knives, I kept with the traditional full tang knives. I didn't know anything about making a four inch hole in a piece of wood or stag. I also didn't know about how to fill up the hole when I finally got the depth to hide the tang.
I finally learned about this "new" technology called a wood bore. (Ok, you are now thinking that I didn't spend any time in High School wood shop. Actually, I didn't!) The wood bore differs from a drill in that the bore does not fill up the hole that you are drilling. There is room for the sawdust to either stay in the hole or sit behind the active bit.
I am currently using two V79-M from Damascus USA to make the first hidden tang knives.
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