This is my first real knife. I used an old USA made Arcade file. I annealed it, shaped it, normalized it, hardened it in my forge, and tempered it. Then I sanded it and sanded it and sanded it some more. I had 8 hours in sanding and polishing the blade. Next time I'm doing some sanding before hardening. The scales are curly osage from the limb on my broken bow. The sheath is beaver tail on leather. I put a good edge on the knife. It will slice a phone book page. This knife will see some action this fall.
And a picture to remind me of all the work I put into it.
-- Edited by osage outlaw on Monday 31st of August 2015 02:24:02 PM
Thanks guys. It had more file grooves on it but I sanded them smooth. You could probably not take the grind that high and leave some of the file teeth.
I will definitely be getting some deer blood on it this fall. Drop point blades are my favorite design. I kind of shaped the blade after my Buck Vanguard hunting knife.
The Buck vanguard is the ideal knife, i have one, and a copy. Bimbo Knott makes some knives that I like the style shape of, simple saw blade knives, but full tang, thin blade, perfect size and scary sharp.
