Old Hickory 7 inch Butcher Knife Drop Point Modifications 

Modifying a Old Hickory 7 inch Butcher Knife into a drop point Buchcraft/Hunter Style knife. Blade length is about 4 in. overall length is about 8.5 in. I trimmed and re-profiled the blade and modified the tang for a more ergonomic handle. For the handle I did a coke bottle style shape with a slight palm swell. It is way more comfortable than the original. I used wider scales made of cherry and contrasting maple. I wanted to reuse the original scales but one side cracked while removing them. The pins are brass 10-24 machine screws. The edge is a convex grind as the thinness of the blade makes grinding a scandi edge more difficult. I purchased the Harbor Freight 1x30 belt grinder and this is my first project using it and it worked well. I will be making a sheath for this knife in the future