Making Knife Scales

[jm82792]

Hello my name is Josh, I'm 21, I live on the Big Island of Hawaii, and I'm here since I am tinkering with the idea of making knifes.
More specifically I'd like to make knife scales from locally grown hardwoods like koa, mango, kaiwi, and so forth. My background was hardwood floor sanding and finishing, however, I've branched out to CNC machines(Gcode, 3d modeling, and everything else.), and am looking to make more than what I do currently, which is expensive wall art.

Therefore. I was thinking maybe I could make some nice knife scales with oily woods that don't need to be stabilized (ipe), then through a magical process (that I seriously do not know of) epoxy the knife into the scales (west systems epoxy? BSI?). Maybe after a few knifes I could start dabbling with stabilizing the wood (after buying a vacuum pump, and some sort of resin), milling up profiles, engraving, and so forth. I'm looking for work, and to be busy you need something to make

Anyways, I am not sure what to ask other than if you guys could toss me some basic links for a newbie that would pertain to me making scales and otherwise making (basic?) kitchen knifes to start. Also, since I have some contacts for highly figured locally grown wood, so perhaps with the interest here along with paying the forum dues it could amount to me selling stabilized, milled up scales? I am essentially asking if there would ever be some sort of interest in such a vendor/set of products.

Thanks for reading my post, enduring my newbieness, and otherwise helping me out.