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Have not made the time to mess with the forge in a while but I got out yesterday and made this one out of an old file. I guess I would call it a leuku or scalper. Handle is a piece of poplar, tang burned through, epoxied and one brass pin. Little bit of snapping turtle skin around the handle...

Had some fun with this one. Perfect for defending against orks, zombies, nosy Walmart greeters, etc.. Blade is the other half of that old brush axe. Stock removal and forging. Sharpened on all sides. About 11" blade. Shape reminds me of some African tribal blades I have seen. Looks...

Mixture of forging and stock removal on this one, my 4th knife. Kind of a blend of old and new Blade is about 10" x 3" and cut from an old rusty brush axe. some hot cutting, a bunch of hacksaw blades and I had to break out the sawsall towards the end! Lots of character (pitting) on one...

Nothing too exciting here, very much like my second one as I used the other half of the same 01 bar. A bit more belly to the blade and more of a skinning shape to the point. Forged a loop into the tang. Did a much better job of getting the blade just behind the edge thin on this one...

Here is one I just finished. Forged from a bar of 1/4"x3/4" 01 tool steel that a friend gave me. Oil quenched and tempered in the oven. Kind of hated to do that as the oven was the only "power" tool used but I was unsure about trying to temper the 01 in the coals. The 01 took a very nice...

Here is my first knife. A little camp kitchen slicer from an old file. I learned a lot. Went through a ton of charcoal! Special thanks to Randy Church for the inspiration and advice. Next one will be be better I am sure.

Looks like a great forum with lots of good info. I have always had an interest in hand made blades, hunting, trapping, learning what I can in the outdoors. This has developed and lead me to a quest for more knowledge, especially regarding self sufficiency, preparedness, primitive skills...