I pulled the clamps off today, and in a big surprise to myself, I EVEN PUT THEM AWAY IN THE RIGHT PLACE!!
The two blanks didn't bond together, thanks to the packing tape. I peeled that off and trimmed the blanks on the bandsaw, drew a proper center line on the o/o/h and cut out a nice spalted curly maple handle blank. Here it is glued and clamped.
![](http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr346/islandpiper51/DSCF0008.jpg)
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a close up of the handle area on the o/o/h
![](http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr346/islandpiper51/DSCF0012.jpg)
and one of just a side view of the stack
![](http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr346/islandpiper51/DSCF0014.jpg)
Here's one of the H/H just to show the lamination line and thicknesses
![](http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr346/islandpiper51/DSCF0015.jpg)
and a group photo of both the blanks side by side:
![](http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr346/islandpiper51/DSCF0011.jpg)
More to follow, as time allows. Piper