knife handle pieces are called knife scales
anyone out there made knife handles
two schools of thought on it
one gets the scale very close to the final size of the handle part of the knife blank then affix via epoxy the contour is also done
the other just does a rough approximation with litte to no work on the scales
for both cases one side is affixed and then hole are drilled as needed then the second scale is affixed
seems to me the best approach is to get the scale as close as possible to the final shape and size then affix to the knife blank
there does not seem to be any advantage to me for attaching the scales in rough form
maybe there is some good reason but it is not clear