There's no good pics of the front of my guards here Goater except one where I machined a groove on the guard for the shoulder to sit down in as there isn't a ricasso. I made the big dagger mostly with an angle grinder so no plunge line. One picture the darned camera was focusing on its own reflection, so it came out fuzzy and its hard to see the hole in the guard fit.
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