Thanks mate. Just popped down to B&Q for some brass rod. £8.16 ???? I wasn't expecting that lol. Anyways, just knocked up a rough set of scales from American white oak, that I had kicking about the workshop, and gave the grind a bit of a tidy up. Next I have to make a wok forge to get her up to 800 degrees C, quench in oil, refit and finish the scales, make a sheath, and I'm away lol.
Although it looks more kitchen knife than bushcraft knife at the minute.