Good Morning Lars,

As you know I was born and raised in Michigan.  I have done a bit of lapidary work growing up.  Not as much as my parents, who in turn did not do as much as my grandparents.   None of the work that I saw any of them do was what I would call very challenging.  Of course they did the obligatory pendants, bolo ties, and belt buckles... but nothing that seemed to stretch any boundaries.

I have a fair number of raw rocks that I collected growing up.  Many are petoskey stones.  One thing I noticed that the ones that are found recently are tiny little buggers that I would not have messed with as a kid.  I have one rock that I already threw onto the small belt sander to see if my crazy idea was feasible.  Everything is relative, but as stones go, petoskey is soft enough to be able to be worked without too much trouble,  So I am planning on cutting slabs from one of the rocks I have and the making the scales for the knife form those.  I already have measure how thick of slabs I need for this knife..  Hopefully, I can cut the slabs soon.

maybe it's just me, but a drop point on a Buck 110 looks awkward. Probably because I've become accustomed to them having a clip blade

looks great!! My dream knife is a Buck 110 with Mother-of-pearl scales. Either brass or nickle slver bolsters will suffice