Here is a pix of my Krag bowie build grip rivet location, cutting and welding jig. ( I’ve always liked to build jigs for projects as it give me a opportunity to figure out a way to do the build successfully) This jig shows where my grip rivets, grip panels and guard are located so when I’ve removed enough steel from the bolo grip, it fits on my jig pin along with the bayonet grip and the bayonet guard fits the bolo I will soak the oak blocks and tack weld the diagonal cut, remove it from my jig and finish weld the seam. I’m still not exactly sure how long or where my guard will be on the bolo blade, I cut the large pommel off the bolo as it was in the way. The bowie cuts on the bolo turned out nice. Used the dremel new cutoff blades for the cuts, a neat accessory, and a variety of belt sanders for the curve. The original Krag Bowie had an oal of 12.3 in and a blade of a hair over 9 in. And of course I’ll have to try and move the bowie’s edge to the center of the blade instead of the flat side edge of the bolo. I guess the flat sided blade edge was better at chopping trees than a conventional edge as bolos were supposedly issued to medical corpsman to use in making litter poles.