As many of you know, I have recently made a couple of knives. Rebel Chick made a post asking if somebody on the forum would make her one. She was brave enough to let me try my hand at it. The first picture is what I drew up based on the description she gave me. Now, drawing it and making it – I might end up with two entirely different things. Here’s the progress so far.
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I wanted to soften up the steel a little so I tried it by heating in a fire and then allowing it to slowly cool down.
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The next step was to take the drawing and transfer it to the steel.
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I still need practice on thinning and stock removal.
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On to the heat treatment and quench.
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That’s it so far. Next step is to clean up the blade, make some micarta scales, attach and sharpen the blade.
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